Election Code
New Mexico · Elections · §§ 1-1-1 to 1-1-9 · 54 sections
Overview
This act governs the conduct and administration of elections and the financing of political campaigns. It establishes the bodies that administer elections — county election commissions and similar boards — setting their membership restrictions, oaths, meeting requirements, and duties, along with rules on voter eligibility, time off from work to vote, petition and filing requirements, public notice, and the requisites a political party must satisfy. It also creates a campaign finance disclosure regime, requiring candidates and political campaign committees to register, keep records, and file periodic sworn statements of contributions, loans, and expenditures, while restricting how campaign funds may be used and providing a complaint process and penalties for violations, together with financial disclosure obligations for certain high public officials.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 7 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 546 F.3d 1313 - American Civil Liberties Union v. Santillanes
Sections covered
- § 1-1-1 NMSA 1978Election Code
- § 1-1-10 NMSA 1978Qualified political party
- § 1-1-11 NMSA 1978Precinct
- § 1-1-1.1 NMSA 1978Purpose of [Election] Code
- § 1-1-12 NMSA 1978Consolidated precinct
- § 1-1-13 NMSA 1978Election board
- § 1-1-14 NMSA 1978Publication
- § 1-1-15 NMSA 1978Posting
- § 1-1-16 NMSA 1978Registration officer
- § 1-1-16.1 NMSA 1978Registration agent
- § 1-1-16.2 NMSA 1978New registrant
- § 1-1-17 NMSA 1978Person authorized to administer oaths
- § 1-1-18 NMSA 1978Oath includes affirmation
- § 1-1-19 NMSA 1978Elections covered by code1 cite
- § 1-1-2 NMSA 1978Headings
- § 1-1-20 NMSA 1978Major fractions
- § 1-1-21 NMSA 1978County chairman
- § 1-1-2.1 NMSA 1978Ballot box key
- § 1-1-22 NMSA 1978Computation of time; deadlines
- § 1-1-23 NMSA 1978Unique identifier1 cite
- § 1-1-24 NMSA 1978Required voter identification2 cites
- § 1-1-25 NMSA 1978Voter information
- § 1-1-26 NMSA 1978Petitions; nominations; requirements before signed by voters; invalidated petitions
- § 1-1-27 NMSA 1978Public records; disclosure-procedure
- § 1-1-27.1 NMSA 1978Public official home address confidentiality; rulemaking
- § 1-1-28 NMSA 1978Real-time synchronization
- § 1-1-29 NMSA 1978Under color of law
- § 1-1-3 NMSA 1978"Shall" and "may"1 cite
- § 1-1-30 NMSA 1978Peace officer
- § 1-1-3.1 NMSA 1978Election cycle
- § 1-1-3.2 NMSA 1978Election observer
- § 1-1-3.3 NMSA 1978Election-related organization
- § 1-1-4 NMSA 1978Qualified elector
- § 1-1-4.1 NMSA 1978Federal qualified elector
- § 1-1-5 NMSA 1978Voter
- § 1-1-5.1 NMSA 1978Early voter
- § 1-1-5.10 NMSA 1978Qualified resident
- § 1-1-5.11 NMSA 1978Special election
- § 1-1-5.12 NMSA 1978Statewide election
- § 1-1-5.13 NMSA 1978United States
- § 1-1-5.2 NMSA 1978Definition of a vote; machine-tabulated; hand-tallied; write-in
- § 1-1-5.3 NMSA 1978Overseas voter
- § 1-1-5.4 NMSA 1978Uniformed-service voter
- § 1-1-5.5 NMSA 1978Power of attorney; prohibited use
- § 1-1-5.6 NMSA 1978Ballot question
- § 1-1-5.7 NMSA 1978County
- § 1-1-5.8 NMSA 1978Municipality
- § 1-1-5.9 NMSA 1978Proper filing officer
- § 1-1-6 NMSA 1978Recheck and recount
- § 1-1-7 NMSA 1978Residence; rules for determining1 cite
- § 1-1-7.1 NMSA 1978Residence for purpose of candidacy and signing of petitions; rule for determining
- § 1-1-7.2 NMSA 1978Petitions; nominations; signatures to be counted
- § 1-1-8 NMSA 1978Election returns
- § 1-1-9 NMSA 1978Recompiled1 cite
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