New Mexico Statutes § 1-22A-2 DefinitionsVersion dated Oct. 30, 2024

A. "campaign committee" means one or more persons authorized by a candidate to raise, collect or expend contributions on the candidate's behalf for the purpose of electing the candidate to office;

B. "candidate" means a person who seeks or considers an office in an election covered by the School District Campaign Reporting Act and who either has filed a declaration of candidacy or has received contributions or made expenditures of five hundred dollars ($500) or more or authorized another person or campaign committee to receive contributions or make expenditures of five hundred dollars ($500) or more for the purpose of seeking election to a covered office;

C. "contribution" means a gift, subscription, loan, advance or deposit of money or other thing of value, including the estimated value of an in-kind contribution, that is made or received for a political purpose, including payment of a debt incurred in an election campaign; but "contribution" does not include the value of services provided without compensation or unreimbursed travel or other personal expenses of individuals who volunteer a portion or all of their time on behalf of a candidate or campaign committee;

D. "covered office" means the position of board of education member of a school district that has an enrollment of twelve thousand students or more or the position of board member of a community college organized or operating pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 21, Article 13 or Article 16 NMSA 1978;

E. "election cycle" means the period beginning thirty days after an election for an office and ending thirty days following the subsequent election day for that office;

F. "expenditure" means a payment, transfer or distribution or obligation or promise to pay, transfer or distribute any money or other thing of value for a political purpose, including payment of a debt incurred in an election campaign;

G. "political purpose" means advocating the election or defeat of a candidate in an election;

H. "prescribed form" means a form or electronic format prepared and prescribed by the secretary of state; and

I. "reporting individual" means a candidate or treasurer of a campaign committee.