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Important Upcoming Dates - 2018 Primary Election:
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
Early Voting at Additional Locations Begins
Monday, May 28, 2018:
Voting is closed - In observance of Memorial Day
Friday, June 1, 2018:
Last Day County Clerk May Mail an Absentee Ballot
Saturday, June 2, 2018:
Early Voting Ends
Sunday, June 3 and Monday, June 4, 2018:
Voting is closed
Tuesday, June 5, 2018:
Primary Election Day (open to major parties only)
- New Mexico is a CLOSED Primary Election State. Only registrants registered in a major party can vote in the 2018 Primary Election. At this time, the major parties are: Democratic; Republican and Libertarian.
Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Absentee ballots are due to the County Clerk by 7:00 p.m.
Important Upcoming Dates - 2018 General Election
Thursday, March 1, 2018:
Secretary of State publishes petition forms and the required number of signatures for Independent and Minor Party Candidates
Thursday, June 28, 2018:
Filing Day for Independent Candidates, Minor Party Candidates, Judicial Retention Candidates, and General Election Write-In Candidates
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. County Clerk’s Office (second floor, Municipal Building)
FILING DAY FOR INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES
Independent candidates for federal offices, statewide offices, members of the legislature, public regulation commission, district judge, district attorney, member of the state board of education, magistrate or county offices shall file declarations of candidacy and nominating petitions with the proper filing officer during the period commencing at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-third (23) day following the primary election. Candidates for statewide and legislative offices must also file a financial disclosure statement.
FILING DAY FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATES
Declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate for the general election shall file the declaration of intent between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-third (23) day following the primary election. No person shall be a write-in candidate in the general election who was a candidate in the primary election.
FILING DAY FOR MINOR PARTY CANDIDATES
Minor parties shall certify to the proper filing officer the names of their party's nominees, together with a petition containing a list of signatures and addresses of voters totaling not less than 1% of the total number of votes cast at the last preceding general election for governor or president in the state for statewide offices, county for countywide offices or in the district for offices other than statewide or county offices with the proper filing officer the twenty third day following the primary election between 9:00 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. Persons certified as nominees shall be members of that party before the day the Governor issues the proclamation.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018:
Deadline for a candidate to withdraw from appearing on the General Election ballot
Wednesday, September 5, 2018:
Drawing for Party Position on the General Election ballot by the NM Secretary of State
Tuesday, October 9, 2018:
Voter Registration Closes
Absentee Voting (Early Voting) Begins
County Clerks Begin Mailing Absentee Ballots
Saturday, October 20, 2018:
Early Voting at Additional Locations Begins
Friday, November 2, 2018:
Last Day County Clerks May Mail an Absentee Ballot
Saturday, November 3, 2018:
Early Voting Ends
Sunday, November 4 and Monday, November 5, 2018:
Voting is closed
Tuesday, November 6, 2018:
General Election Day
Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Absentee ballots are due to the County Clerks by 7:00 p.m.