Any person wishing to become a candidate for the office of director in any district shall by the last Friday of July before the election file in the office of the secretary of the district a declaration of candidacy stating the election precinct for which the person is a candidate, accompanied by a petition signed by not less than ten qualified electors of the election precinct for which the person is a candidate to represent. No declaration of candidacy shall be accepted by the secretary unless accompanied by such petition, signed by electors.
§ 73-18-34 NMSA 1978
Becoming a candidate for director
Known as the The Conservancy District-Reclamation Contract Act
The act spans §§ 73–73 (48 sections).
1953 Comp., § 75-32-34, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 281, § 10; 2011, ch. 72, § 5; 2018, ch. 79, § 156; 2025, ch. 21, § 18.
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