2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 8 - Nominations and Primary Elections
Section 1-8-34 - Primary Election Law; nominating petition; withdrawals and additions; copies made available.
A. A nominating petition when filed shall not be withdrawn nor added to, nor shall any person be permitted to revoke his signature thereon. A nominating petition shall be complete when filed. The proper filing officer shall not permit additions to or withdrawals from a nominating petition after it is filed nor shall any person be permitted to revoke his signature on a petition after it has been filed.
B. The original nominating petition shall remain in the filing officer's office and copies shall be made available by the filing officer for a nominal cost.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-24.5, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 228, § 8; 1975, ch. 255, § 111; 1985, ch. 207, § 9.
ANNOTATIONSInclusion of signatures filed for convention designation not prohibited. — This section should not be construed to prohibit the inclusion of the signatures originally filed by the candidate for convention designation in the total necessary to appear on the ballot using the alternate method. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-61.
Withdrawals must be 30 days before primary. — Section 3-11-54.1, 1953 Comp., governed withdrawals from primary elections by virtue of 3-11-20, 1953 Comp., and provided that such withdrawals must be at least 30 days prior to the primary election. 1964 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 64-28 (opinion rendered under former law).
