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New Mexico Statutes § 1-8-3 Nomination by minor political party; other methods

⤴ Up to Article 8: Nominations and Primary Elections

Statute Text

If the rules and regulations of a minor political party require nomination by a method other than a political convention:
A. the state chair and the governing board of the state party shall certify to the secretary of state the names of their party's nominees for United States senator, United States representative, all elective state offices, legislative offices elected from multicounty districts, all elective judicial officers in the judicial department and all offices representing a district composed of more than one county;
B. the county chair and the governing board of the county party shall certify to the county clerk the names of their party's nominees for elected county offices and for legislative offices elected from a district located wholly within one county or that is composed of only one county; and
C. the names of such nominees shall be filed in the same time and manner prescribed by the Election Code for convention-designated nominees of minor political parties, and each list of names certified shall be accompanied by the petition containing a list of signatures and addresses of voters as prescribed for convention-designated nominees.

Source

1953 Comp., § 3-8-3, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 153; 1975, ch. 255, § 101; 1998, ch. 36, § 2.

History

Amended by 2020 , c. 9 , s. 3 , eff. upon certification of an amendment of the New Mexico constitution (2019 S.J.R. 1) providing that the Public Regulation Commission consist of three members appointed by the Governor . Constitutional Amendment 1 was adopted by a vote of 445,655 for and 355,471 against at the general election held on November 3, 2020.

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