Posted: 12/15/09 3:33 pm

Attention Los Alamos Residents considering running for any Elected Office in the 2010 Primary or General Election:

Due to a Special Mail Out Election scheduled on February 2, 2010, voter registration will close on Tuesday, January 5, 2010.  The fact that we are having an election, necessitates any changes be made prior to the Governors Proclamation change of voter registration deadline.

If you are planning to run for any Elected Office and need to update your voter registration as far as: name, address or party affiliation, a new voter registration needs to be completed and received by the County Clerk’s Office by 5 PM Tuesday, January 5, 2010.

NMSA 1-4-16. Registration; when party affiliation shall not be made.
A. No designation of party affiliation shall be made or changed on an existing certificate of registration at any time during which registration is closed.
B. Every person appearing as a candidate on the primary or general election ballot shall be a candidate only under the name and party affiliation designation appearing on his existing certificate of registration on file in the county clerk's office on the date of the governor's proclamation of a primary election.

NMSA 1-8-12. Primary Election Law; proclamation.
The governor shall issue a public proclamation calling a primary election to be held in each county and precinct of the state on the date prescribed by the Primary Election Law [1-8-10 to 1-8-52 NMSA 1978]. The proclamation shall be filed with the secretary of state on the last Monday in January of each even-numbered year.