WHEN TO FILE

Candidate filing day for all other individuals and those who did not receive preprimary designation for the 2024 Primary Election – and First Filing Opportunity for Candidates that failed to received party designation is Tuesday, March 12, 2024 – between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.

Write-In Filing Day and final opportunity for Pre-Primary designation candidates who failed to receive party designation will be on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 – between 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

WHERE TO FILE

Declarations of candidacy and candidate qualification documents by any candidate for statewide or federal office – will file with the Secretary of State.

Declarations of candidacy and candidate qualification documents by all other candidates – will file with the county clerk of the county in which the candidate resides.

WHAT TO FILE

Each Candidate filing to appear on the Primary Election ballot must submit a Declaration of Candidacy (and any other required forms) to their proper filing officer (see above section “Where to File – Proper Filing Officer”), during the designated hours.

Declarations of Candidacy for any other office to be nominated in the primary election shall be filed with the county clerk in which the candidate resides (except for federal and statewide offices), between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Refer to Section 1-8-26 (B), NMSA 1978.

Filing Fees for County Candidates: The filing fee in the primary election for any county office shall be fifty dollars ($50.00), which shall be paid at the time of the filing of the declaration of candidacy for nomination by a political party. Refer to Section 1-8-41, NMSA 1978. • Declarations of Candidacy and additional nominating petitions for candidates that failed to receive party designation shall be filed with the secretary of state either ten (10) days following the date of the preprimary convention at which the candidate failed to receive the designation, or on the date all declarations of candidacy and nominating petitions are due pursuant to the provisions of the Primary Election Law, whichever is later. A candidate who fails to receive the preprimary convention designation that the candidate sought may collect additional signatures to total at least four percent (4%) of the total vote of the candidate’s party in the state. Refer to Section 1-8-33 (D), NMSA 1978.

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