ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Email: Elections@state.nm.us
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION

Major party qualifications:

Petition: One-half of 1% of the last general state election.
Or Received 5% of the total number of votes cast at the last preceding general election for the office of governor or president [1-1-9]

Primary ballot access:

1. Secretary of State Selects nationally recognized candidates
Candidate encouraged to submit letter of candidacy before selection
Deadline: February 15 [1-8-56]
2. Petition (for those not selected) 2% of the total number of votes for president cast in each congressional district in the last presidential election (in 2004, this will be approximately 11,972 signatures) [1-8-57]
Deadline: 30 days after the secretary of state nomination announcement [1-8-57]

General ballot access for minor party candidates:

Party nominates candidates and electors at the state party convention and submits names to the Secretary of State
Deadline: 56 days prior to the election [1-15-3] General ballot access for independent candidates: Petition: 3% of statewide votes from the previous presidential election (in 2004, this will be approximately 17,958 signatures) [1-8-51(b)]
Deadline: 56th day prior to the general election [1-8-52(b)]

Last day to withdraw from the ballot: 63 days before the election
Primary date: first Tuesday in June [1-8-11]
Participation: Closed primary
Source: The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.....

Write-In Information

No provision for Write-In Candidates. Source: Frank Moore (May 8, 2008). US Presidential Write-In Candidate Requirements For Each State. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.writein2008.blogspot.com/