New Mexico Statutes § 1-22-8.1 Write-in candidates
Statute Text
A.
Write-in candidates shall be permitted in regular local elections.
B.
A person may be a write-in candidate only if the person has the qualifications to be a candidate for the position for which the person is running.
C.
A person desiring to be a write-in candidate for an office shall file with the proper filing officer a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate. The declaration shall be filed between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the sixty-third day preceding the date of the election.
D.
The declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be accompanied by a nominating petition containing the same number of signatures or the filing fee required of other candidates for the same office.
E.
A write-in candidate shall be considered a candidate for all purposes and provisions relating to candidates in the Local Election Act, except that the write-in candidate's name shall not be printed on the ballot nor posted in any polling place.
History
Amended by 2023 , c. 39 , s. 86 , eff. 6/13/2023 .
Amended by 2019 , c. 212 , s. 149 , eff. 4/3/2019 .
Added by 2018 , c. 79 , s. 22 , eff. 7/1/2018 .
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