New Mexico Statutes Chapter 1. Elections § 1-22-8.1. Write-in candidates

A. Write-in candidates shall be permitted in regular local elections.

B. 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.

C. 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.

D. 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.

E. 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.