2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Section 15A Presidential Primary
Section 1-15A-8 Voting in presidential primary; ballot position.
1-15A-8. Voting in presidential primary; ballot position.
A. All candidates in the presidential primary shall appear with the candidates for other offices of their respective parties at an appropriate place on the ballot. Candidates who are nominated by committee and by petition shall be placed first as a group on the presidential primary ballot with each candidate's respective position in that group determined by the provisions of the Ballot Positioning Act [repealed]. The ballot position for the uncommitted category shall be placed last on the presidential primary ballot.
B. The voter shall be able to cast his ballot for one of the presidential candidates of his party or for an uncommitted delegation. A vote of the latter kind shall express the preference for an uncommitted delegation from New Mexico to the national convention of that voter's party.
History: 1953 Comp., 3-8-39, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 230, 7; 1980, ch. 13, 3; 1980, ch. 43, 3; 1988, ch. 17, 6; 1978 Comp., 1-8-59 recompiled as 1-15A-8 by Laws 2011, ch. 137, 109.
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