All nominations of candidates for public office in New Mexico made by political parties shall be made pursuant to the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]. No political party shall be permitted to have the names of its candidates printed on any election ballot unless and until it has qualified as provided in the Election […]
A. To qualify as a political party in New Mexico, each political party through its governing body shall adopt rules providing for the organization and government of that party and shall file the rules with the secretary of state. Uniform rules shall be adopted throughout the state by the county organizations of that party, where […]
The secretary of state and the county clerk shall not accept the rules and regulations of any political party for filing unless such rules and regulations provide: A. a method for nominating candidates for the general election; B. a method for calling and conducting conventions; C. a method for selection of delegates to conventions; D. […]
A. Each political party shall file its rules and regulations, along with petitions containing the required number of signatures, if the signature provision is applicable to the party, within thirty days after its organization and no later than twenty-three days after the primary election before any general election in which it is authorized to participate. […]
Political party rules and regulations filed as required by the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978] are subject to amendment only in the manner provided for in such rules and regulations. No amendments shall be made less than one hundred twenty days prior to any general election, nor shall any amendment be effective until thirty […]
A. The chairman of the state central committee of a qualified political party shall file with the secretary of state a certificate setting forth the name selected for the political party and showing a representation of the emblem by which the party is to be represented. B. The certified party name and emblem shall thereafter […]
As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]: A. “major political party” means any qualified political party, any of whose candidates received as many as five percent of the total number of votes cast at the last preceding general election for the office of governor or president of the United States, as the […]
