BusterAg said:
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If you would read the article, it would say why. it comes straight from the SOS.
For those asking, here's the requirements in New Mexico. https://www.sos.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Primary-Candidate-Guide-Updated.pdf
Thanks for posting these.
But, these are rules, not laws. Since they are not specifically legal code, they are optional, right? I mean, the SOS can choose to follow them or not, because they are not literally the law. Correct?
Wrong. It's a reference guide for candidates that is put together based on New Mexico's election code. You can find all the citations here. https://api.realfile.rtsclients.com/PublicFiles/ee3072ab0d43456cb15a51f7d82c77a2/b3415b23-03d0-4ed9-8efa-861e5acf1bbc/2025%20NM_Election_Handbook_SOS%201.pdf
I am going to need you to cite in the actual legal code where the signatures are required for candidates, and that the SOS has the ability to invalidate signatures.
You can't rely on rules set up agencies, you have to rely on the actual code, because some rules require strict adherence, and other rules are simply guidelines that are nice to follow when you want to.
You are insufferable. It's pretty well known that the Secretary of State is the person/entity that is in charge of certifying that candidates are eligible to be placed onto a ballot. The laws are cited in those documents, but you seem to be too lazy to look them up yourself.
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I am going to need you to cite in the actual legal code where the signatures are required for candidates,
A. As used in this section, "total vote" means the sum of all votes cast for all of the party's candidates for governor at the last preceding primary election at which the party's candidate for governor was nominated.
B. Candidates who seek preprimary convention designation shall file nominating petitions at the time of filing declarations of candidacy. Nominating petitions for those candidates shall be signed by a number of voters equal to at least two percent of the total vote of the candidate's party in the state or congressional district, or the following number of voters, whichever is greater: for statewide offices, two hundred thirty voters; and for congressional candidates, seventy-seven voters.C. Nominating petitions for candidates for any other office to be voted on at the primary election for which nominating petitions are required shall be signed by a number of voters equal to at least the greater of:
(1) for the public education commission, two percent of the total vote of the candidate's party in the district; for judicial candidates, two percent of the total vote of the candidate's party in the district or division; and for all other candidates, three percent of the total vote of the candidate's party in the district; or
(2) for metropolitan court and magistrate courts, ten voters; for the public education commission, twenty-five voters; for state representative, ten voters; for state senator, seventeen voters; and for district attorney and district judge, fifteen voters.
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-1/article-8/section-1-8-33/Quote:
and that the SOS has the ability to invalidate signatures.
This one is a little bit more complicated, because first we have to define who is the "proper filing officer." for statewide elections, it's the secretary of state.
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As used in the Election Code, "proper filing officer" means, for the purposes of filing:
A. reports required by the Campaign Reporting Act [1-19-25 to 1-19-36 NMSA 1978] and the School District Campaign Reporting Act [1-22A-1 to 1-22A-10 NMSA 1978], the secretary of state;
B. declarations of candidacy and candidate qualification documents by any candidate for statewide or federal office, the secretary of state; and
C. declarations of candidacy and candidate qualification documents by all other candidates, the county clerk of the county in which the candidate resides.
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-1/article-1/section-1-1-5-9/Finally, we get to who certifies each candidate.
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D. No name shall be placed on the ballot until the person has been notified in writing by the proper filing officer that the certificate of registration on file, the declaration of candidacy and the petition, if required, are in proper order and that the person, based on those documents, is qualified to be a candidate. The proper filing officer shall mail the notice no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday following the filing date.
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-1/article-8/section-1-8-26/There's other stuff in
this document that outlines what all is supposed to be required for signatures, but I don't have the time to go through all of that. If you want to do it, knock yourself out.
