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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 1 - Elections » Article 15 - Presidential Electors, Senators, Congressmen and Expiring Terms

Section 1-15-23 – Expiring term and succeeding term.

If the same individual is a candidate at a general election for both the expiring term and the succeeding term, his name shall appear but once on the ballot, and the name of the office, followed by the words, “full and expiring terms”. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-15-23, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § […]

Section 1-15-3 – Presidential electors; nomination.

A. Any qualified political party in New Mexico desiring to have candidates for president and vice president on the general election ballot in a presidential election year shall, at a state party convention held in the year of such election, choose from the voters of the party the number of presidential electors required by law […]

Section 1-15-4 – Presidential electors; election.

A. The names of the presidential elector nominees shall not be placed upon the general election ballot; instead, the secretary of state shall certify to the county clerks the names of persons nominated by each qualified political party for the offices of president and vice president of the United States. B. The names of the […]

Section 1-15-4.1 – Compact enacted and entered into.

The “Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote” is enacted into law and entered into on behalf of New Mexico with any and all other states legally joining therein in a form substantially as follows: “AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE ARTICLE I Membership […]

Section 1-15-5 – Presidential electors; duties.

Presidential electors for the state shall perform the duties of the presidential electors required by law and the constitution of the United States. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-15-5, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 355.

Section 1-15-6 – Presidential electors; organization.

A. Presidential electors of the state shall meet at 11:00 a.m. in the office of the secretary of state on the day fixed by the laws of the United States for presidential electors to cast their ballots for president and vice president of the United States. B. At such meeting the presidential electors shall organize […]

Section 1-15-7 – Presidential electors; when governor fills vacancy.

In the case of the death or absence of any presidential elector or failure to complete the number of presidential electors by noon of the day fixed by the laws of the United States for presidential electors to cast their ballots, the governor shall fill any vacancy by appointment. In filling the vacancy the governor […]

Section 1-15-9 – Presidential electors; penalty.

A. All presidential electors shall cast their ballots in the electoral college for the candidates of the political party which nominated them as presidential electors. B. Any presidential elector who casts his ballot in violation of the provisions contained in Subsection A of this section is guilty of a fourth degree felony. History: 1953 Comp., […]