On or before June 1 of each year in which the president and vice president of the United States are to be elected, the secretary of state shall send written notice to the state chairman of each qualified political party in New Mexico setting forth the method and requirements for nominating and electing presidential electors […]
Each presidential elector shall be paid per diem for each day’s attendance and mileage from his residence to the state capitol and return to his place of residence one time, as provided for state officers in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978], and he shall receive no other compensation. Per […]
Candidates for the office of United States senator shall be nominated during the year of the general election next preceding the expiration of the term of office of the United States senator whose successor is to be nominated and elected. Nominations shall be in the manner prescribed by the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978] […]
The United States senator shall be elected at the general election next succeeding nomination for that office. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-15-12, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 362. ANNOTATIONS Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 25 Am. Jur. 2d Elections § 4; 77 Am. Jur. 2d United States § 20. 91 […]
The vote for the office of United States senator shall be cast, counted, returned and canvassed in the same manner as the vote is cast, counted, returned and canvassed for state officers. Upon completion of the canvass, the state canvassing board shall immediately transmit the results of such election of United States senator to the […]
A. Immediately upon there being a vacancy in the office of United States senator, the governor shall make a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy until such time as an election is held to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. B. The election to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term shall be held […]
ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — This section was declared malapportioned and therefore unconstitutional in Jepsen v. Vigil-Giron, D-0101-CV-2001-02177 (1st Dist. Ct., filed January 8, 2002). For present comparable provisions, see 1-15-15.2 NMSA 1978.
ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — The New Mexico congressional districts adopted in Jepsen v. Vigil-Giron, D-0101-CV-2001-02177 (N.M. 1st Jud. Dist. January 8, 2002) and set forth in Section 1-15-15.1 NMSA 1978, were held to be malapportioned and therefore unconstitutional in Egolf v. Duran, D-101-CV-2011-02942 (N.M. 1st Jud. Dist. January 25, 2012). The redistricting plan embodied in […]
Congressional District One is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 2 through 79, 81 through 83, 86 through 92, 94 through 99, 101 through 114, 116, 119 through 125, 131 through 144, 150 through 154, 161 through 166, 170, 171, 180 through 187, 191 through 197, 211, 212, 214 through 217, 221, 223 through 226, 241 […]
ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — This section was declared malapportioned and, therefore, unconstitutional in Jepsen v. Vigil-Giron, D-0101-CV-2001-02177 (1st Dist. Ct., filed January 8, 2002). For present comparable provisions, see 1-15-15.2 NMSA 1978.
A. Precinct designations and boundaries used in the 1991 congressional redistricting are those precinct designations and boundaries established pursuant to the Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act [1-3-10 to 1-3-14 NMSA 1978] and revised and approved pursuant to that act by the secretary of state as of August 16, 1991. B. The boards of county commissioners shall […]
One representative in congress shall be nominated and elected from each congressional district for voting purposes. Ballots for representatives in congress shall designate the office as congressional district number one, congressional district number two and congressional district number three. Only voters of each district shall be eligible to vote for the respective candidates of the […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1982 (3d S.S.), ch. 3, § 11, effective June 23, 1982, and Laws 1983, ch. 232, § 17, effective June 17, 1983, both repealed 1-15-17.1 NMSA 1978, which provided that the provisions of Laws 1982 (2nd S.S.), ch. 4 would be repealed in the event that either Chapter 1 or Chapter […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 232, § 17, repealed 1-15-18 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 368, relating to a vacancy in the office of the United States representative in congress. For present provisions, see 1-15-18.1 NMSA 1978, effective June 17, 1983.
A. Within ten days after a vacancy occurs in the office of United States representative, the secretary of state shall, by proclamation, call an election to be held not less than seventy-seven nor more than ninety-one days after the date of the vacancy for the purpose of filling the vacancy, except as provided in Subsections […]
“Expiring term” means a term of office which expires not later than three months after the general election at which it is filled. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-15-19, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 369.
Presidential electors shall not be nominated at the primary election. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-15-2, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 352. ANNOTATIONS Cross references. — For Primary Election Law not applying to presidential electors, see 1-8-17 NMSA 1978. For Presidential Primary Act, see 1-8-53 to 1-8-63 NMSA 1978.
A. In all instances where the expiring term of the office of United States senator or representative and the term next succeeding the expiring term are to be voted upon at the same general election, the same individual may be a candidate for both the expiring term and next succeeding term, whether at a primary […]
A. If any political party convention nominates any individual to be placed on the general election ballot for the term next succeeding the expiring term, then such person nominated by the party convention shall be deemed to also be designated by the convention for the expiring term. No candidate may be designated by the convention […]
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Primary Election Law [1-8-10 to 1-8-52 NMSA 1978], a candidate for both the expiring term and the next succeeding term of the same office shall pay only the fee required of a candidate for the office for one full term of such office. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-15-22, […]
