New Mexico Administrative Code

A. Adding and transferring voters. (1) Upon receipt of a voter registration certificate, the county clerk shall run a duplicate search to determine if the voter is already registered in the registration records of the county. To determine if a record already exists in the statewi…

List maintenance activities shall be conducted in a non-discriminatory manner and in no instance shall select groups of voters be targeted for cancellation or removal from the voter file. A. Confirmation mailings for voters designated as NVRA under Section 1-4-28 NMSA 1978 (chang…

Office of the Secretary of State.

A. Each county clerk shall file a report of expenditures with the secretary of state no later than 45 days after a statewide election for timely reimbursement and/or accounting. The report shall include an official form provided by the secretary of state as well as descriptions w…

This rule applies to any statewide elections required by the Election Code.

Section 1-11-19 NMSA 1978; Section 1-2-1 NMSA 1978.

Permanent

July 1, 2023, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To establish the procedure for election grants, reimbursements and reporting between the secretary of state and county clerks for the purposes of paying the costs of conducting and administering statewide elections required by the Election Code.

A. "Compensation for poll workers, election board members, and messengers" means the compensation to members of an election board on Election Day and members of an election board and messengers assigned to alternate voting or alternate mobile voting locations or absent voter prec…

A. The secretary of state shall provide memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to each county for the granting of funds to cover eligible expenses for a statewide election at least ninety days prior to election day. B. The secretary of state and county clerks shall finalize and sign…

A. If election costs incurred to a county exceed the initial amount provided through a MOU, the county may request reimbursement no later than 45 days after a statewide election using a prescribed form provided by the secretary of state with a description detailed enough to direc…

Office of the Secretary of State.

This rule applies to the secretary of state, county clerks and public officials.

Section 1-2-1 NMSA 1978; Section 10-16A-9 NMSA 1978; Chapter 39 of New Mexico Laws of 2023

Permanent

July 1, 2023, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To establish procedures for the secretary of state and county clerks for the non-disclosure of home addresses for public officials on election- and financial- related records.

A. "Election-related disclosures" means records pertaining to a public official for campaign or election purposes and include nominating petitions, candidacy declarations, designations of confidential home address forms and voter registration forms. B. "Financial-related disclosu…

A. A public official may submit a request for designation of confidential home address using a form prescribed by the secretary of state. A copy of the form shall be forwarded to the county clerk of the county in which the official is registered to vote within seven business days…

A. Original election- and financial- disclosures that contain a designated confidential address shall be preserved by the secretary of state and county clerks for the purposes of any potential judicial review. B. Original election- and financial- disclosures that contain a design…

Office of the Secretary of State.

This rule applies to any general election.

Election Code, Section 1-10-8.1 and Section 1-2-1 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

August 28, 2018 unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To provide the procedures to determine the order for political parties for the partisan offices on the general election ballot.

A. The names of the candidates of each political party qualified to participate in a general election shall be placed by party on the general election ballot in the order of preference as determined by lot at a drawing held for that purpose. B. The secretary of state shall send n…

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A. Notwithstanding the New Mexico election alphabet, the names of candidates designated and certified by state convention pursuant to Section 1-8-21.1 NMSA 1978 shall be placed on the respective political party primary ballot in descending order of the vote received at the applic…

A. At least 90 days prior to each general election, the secretary of state shall select an auditor to create the New Mexico election alphabet for the subsequent election cycle. B. The auditor may be the same auditor contracted by the secretary pursuant to Section 1-14-13.2 NMSA 1…

A. Within 31 days following adoption of this rule, the secretary shall select an auditor to create the initial New Mexico election alphabet. B. The auditor shall publicly create a randomization of the alphabet utilizing a method in which each letter not yet selected has a statist…

This rule applies to the printing of names on ballots for all elections conducted pursuant to the Election Code.

This rule is authorized by Sections 1-8-21.1, 1-10-8.1, and 1-22-3.1 NMSA 1978 of the Election Code.

Permanent.

February 25, 2020, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The purpose of this rule is to provide a uniform system of randomization of candidate names for the same office on the ballot in all elections conducted pursuant to the Election Code.

A. "Alphabet" means the 26 Roman typeface letters of the standard alphabet used in the United States, without differentiation between upper case and lower case version of each letter. B. "Auditor" means an auditor qualified by the state auditor to audit state agencies. C. "Candid…

A. Between the day of a general election and the last day of that calendar year, the auditor shall publicly create a randomization of the alphabet utilizing a method in which each letter not yet selected has a statistically equal chance of being the next letter selected. B. The s…

A. The names of candidates for the same office shall be ordered based upon the first letter in each candidate's last name according to the order of letters in the New Mexico election alphabet. B. When two or more candidates for the same office share the same first letter in each …

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The state of New Mexico shall accept and use the mail voter registration application, meeting all federal criteria, for the registration of all voters in elections for federal office. The mail registration application shall also be accepted for notification of change of address.

Each agency that provides public assistance and state-funded programs providing services to the disabled shall provide a "declination" form to applicants which shall read in English and Spanish: A. form B. form in Spanish

Valid voter registration applications from all participating designated agencies and mail applications shall be accepted by county clerks not later than 28 days prior to the election. Each county clerk shall provide acknowledgement of the disposition of the application to the app…

The program conducted by the state of New Mexico to protect the integrity of the electoral process shall be non-discriminatory and in compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and shall not result in the removal of any registered voter solely for failure to vote. All voter re…

A mail voter registration application form which shall require only such information as necessary to enable the appropriate county election officials to assess the eligibility of the applicant to register to vote and county and state election officials to administer voter registr…