NMSA 1-22-4. Regular local election; proclamation; publication

1-22-4. Regular local election; proclamation; publication. A. Between one hundred twenty and one hundred fifty days before the next regular local election, each local government shall notify the county clerk of the county in which the primary administrative office of the local government is situate of all local government positions that are to be filled at the next regular local election. Each county clerk shall inform the secretary of state of all positions to be filled no later than one hundred twelve days before the regular local election. B. The secretary of state shall by resolution issue a public proclamation in Spanish and English calling a regular local election. The proclamation shall be issued and filed by the secretary of state in the office of the secretary of state ninety days preceding the date of the regular local election, and upon filing the proclamation, the secretary of state shall post the proclamation and certify it to each county clerk. The proclamation may be amended no later than eleven days before the filing date for the regular local election. C. The proclamation shall specify: (1) the date when the election will be held; (2) each elective office, local governing body and judicial position to be filled; (3) the date on which declarations of candidacy are to be filed; (4) the date on which declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate are to be filed; and (5) the municipalities subject to a ranked-choice voting runoff election and those subject to a top-two runoff election and the date of the top-two runoff election should one be necessary. D. After receipt of the proclamation from the secretary of state, the county clerk shall post the entire proclamation on the county clerk's website and, not less than seventy-five days before the date of the election, shall publish portions of the proclamation relevant to the county at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the county. The publication of the proclamation shall conform to the requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and shall specify: (1) the date when the election will be held; (2) for each local government situated in whole or in part in the county, each elective executive, local governing body and judicial position to be filled by voters of any precinct in the county; (3) the date on which declarations of candidacy are to be filed and the date on which declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate are to be filed; (4) the location, days and hours for voting at the office of the county clerk; (5) the location, days and hours for early voting at each alternate voting location and mobile alternate voting location; (6) the location, date and hours for voting at each election day polling place; and (7) the date certificates of registration shall be subscribed and sworn as required by law. History: 1978 Comp., § 1-22-4, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 168, § 6; 1987, ch. 338, § 1; 1991, ch. 105, § 40; 2007, ch. 337, § 19; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 19; 2019, ch. 212, § 146; 2023, ch. 39, § 84.