§ 1-8-52 NMSA 1978

Independent candidates for general or United States representative special elections; nominating petitions; circulation; date of filing

Known as the Primary Election Law

The act spans §§ 1–1 (69 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Anderson v. Hooper (1980)

Most recently applied in Anderson v. Hooper (October 1980)

1953 Comp., § 3-8-27.8, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 322, § 8; 1981, ch. 147, § 8; 1989, ch. 392, § 19; 2005, ch. 270, § 55; 2011, ch. 137, § 65; 2014, ch. 40, § 8; 2014, ch. 81, § 8.

A. Declarations of independent candidacy and nominating petitions shall be filed with the proper filing officer between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-third day following the primary election of each even-numbered year and between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the fifty-sixth day preceding any United States representative special election.

B. Declarations of independent candidacy and nominating petitions for the office of president of the United States shall be filed with the proper filing officer between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-third day following the primary election.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.