2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 10 - Ballots and Ballot Labels
Section 1-10-4 - Ballots; preparation.
A. Not less than sixty-three days before the primary election, each proper filing officer shall group all candidates for each party by themselves and prepare in writing a separate ballot for each party and certify the candidates for each ballot position to the printer.
B. Not less than sixty-three days before the general election, each proper filing officer shall prepare in writing the ballot containing the name of each candidate that has been certified and filed as the nominee of a party and any constitutional amendments, questions or other propositions that are to be voted on and certify all such information to the ballot printer. A copy of each certification shall be kept on file in the office of the secretary of state.
C. Upon request of the county chair of a political party participating in the election, the county clerk shall furnish proof sheets or a copy of the proof sheets of the ballot as soon as they become available.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-10-11.4, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, § 27; 1979, ch. 378, § 11; 1981, ch. 143, § 1; 1985, ch. 207, § 21; 2011, ch. 137, § 71; 2017, ch. 101, § 14.
Cross references. — For position of names on ballots, see 1-15A-8, 1-10-3, 1-10-8 and 1-10-8.1 NMSA 1978.
The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, changed the deadlines for preparation of ballots; and in Subsections A and B, after "Not less than", deleted "fifty-six" and added "sixty-three".
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, required the secretary of state to prepare primary election ballots fifty-six days before the election, to prepare general election ballots fifty-six days before the election, and to furnish proof sheets of the ballot to the county chair of each political party upon request.
