2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 8 - Nominations and Primary Elections
Section 1-8-9 - General election; withdrawal of candidates.
No candidate shall withdraw from a general election unless the candidate withdraws at least seventy days prior to that election and the candidate files a signed and notarized statement of withdrawal with the proper filing officer.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-8.1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 255, § 104; 2007, ch. 274, § 1; 2011, ch. 137, § 52; 2017, ch. 101, § 9.
The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, changed the deadline by which a candidate may withdraw from a general election; after "withdraws at least", deleted "sixty-three" and added "seventy".
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, required that withdrawal be filed with a proper filing officer rather than with the secretary of state.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, required a candidate who wishes to withdraw from candidacy to file a signed and notarized statement of withdrawal with the secretary of state.
