§ NMSA 1978, § 1-8-36.1Primary Election Law; write-in candidates

Primary Election Law; write-in candidates.
A. Write-in candidates are permitted in the primary election only for the offices of United
States representative, members of the legislature, district judges, district attorneys, public regulation commission, public education commission, magistrates and any office voted upon by all voters
of the state.
B. A person may be a write-in candidate only for nomination by the major political party with
which the person is affiliated as shown by the certificate of registration, and such person shall
have the qualifications to be a candidate in the primary election for the political party for which
the person is a write-in candidate.
C. A person desiring to be a write-in candidate for one of the offices listed in Subsection A of
this section in the primary election shall file with the proper filing officer a declaration of intent to
be a write-in candidate. Such declaration of intent shall be filed between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
on the third Tuesday in March.
D. At the time of filing the declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, the write-in candidate shall be considered a candidate for all purposes and provisions relating to candidates in the
Election Code, including the obligations to report pursuant to the Campaign Reporting Act [1-19-25 to 1-19-36 NMSA 1978], except that the write-in candidate's name shall not be printed on the
ballot.