{"data":{"id":"us-nm/1-22-8.1","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"1-22-8.1","heading":"Write-in candidates.","body":"A. Write-in candidates shall be permitted in regular local elections.\nB. A person may be a write-in candidate only if the person has the qualifications to be a candidate for the position for which the person is running.\nC. A person desiring to be a write-in candidate for an office shall file with the proper filing officer a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate. The declaration shall be filed between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the sixty-third day preceding the date of the election.\nD. The declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be accompanied by a nominating petition containing the same number of signatures or the filing fee required of other candidates for the same office.\nE. A write-in candidate shall be considered a candidate for all purposes and provisions relating to candidates in the Local Election Act, except that the write-in candidate's name shall not be printed on the ballot nor posted in any polling place.","path":["Chapter 1 - Elections","ARTICLE 22 Local Elections"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18502/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"d26dc2e0b5ed065bcc022e9c46b5fdc3d04ce0d476149495afda1f696842dd86","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/1-22-8","next":"us-nm/1-22-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}