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[1-8-10 NMSA 1978].
The proclamation shall be filed with the secretary of state on the last Monday in January of each even-numbered year.
The contents of the proclamation are:
A. the names of the major political parties participating in the primary election;
B. the offices for which each political party shall nominate candidates; provided that if any law is enacted by the legislature in the year in which the primary election is held and the law does not take effect until after the date of the proclamation but prior to the date of the primary election, the proclamation shall conform to the intent of the law with respect to the offices for which each political party shall nominate candidates;
C. the date on which declarations of candidacy and nominating petitions for United States representative, any office voted upon by all the voters of the state, a legislative office, the office of district judge, district attorney, state board of education, public regulation commission or magistrate shall be filed and the places where they shall be filed in order to have the candidates’ names printed on the official ballot of their party at the primary election;
D. the date on and place at which declarations of candidacy shall be filed for any other office and filing fees paid or, in lieu thereof, a pauper’s statement of inability to pay;
E. the final date on and place at which candidates for the office of United States representative and for any statewide office seeking preprimary convention designation by the major parties shall file petitions and declarations of candidacy;
F. the final date on which the major political parties shall hold state pre-primary conventions for the designation of candidates; and
G. the final date on and place at which certificates of designation of primary election candidates shall be filed by political parties with the secretary of state.
As used in the Primary Election Law [1-8-10 NMSA 1978], "statewide office" means any office voted on by all the voters of the state.
In 2008, the effect froze the registrations for eligibility to gain public office to the place and residences and party affiliation to potential candidates based on the date January 28. 2008.
1-8-18 who may become a candidate. A. No person shall become a candidate for nomination by a political party or have his name printed on the primary election ballot unless his record of voter registration shows:
(1) his affiliation with that political party on the date of the governor’s proclamation for the primary election; and
(2) his residence in the district of the office for which he is a candidate on the date of the governor’s proclamation for the primary election or in the case of a person seeking the office of United States senator or United States representative, his residence within New Mexico on the date of the governor’s proclamation for the primary election.
B. Any voter may challenge the candidacy of any person seeking nomination by a political party for the reason that he does not meet the requirements of Subsection A of this section by filing a petition in the district court within ten days after the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy or a statement of candidacy for convention designation. The district court shall hear and render a decision on the matter within ten days after the filing of the petition. The decision of the district court may be appealed to the Supreme Court within five days after the decision is rendered. The Supreme Court shall hear and render a decision on the appeal forthwith.
