N.M. Admin. Code § 1.10.6.8 - PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING BALLOT POSITION
A. The names of the candidates of each
political party qualified to participate in a general election shall be placed
by party on the general election ballot in the order of preference as
determined by lot at a drawing held for that purpose.
B. The secretary of state shall send notice
to each chairperson of a qualified political party not less than two weeks
prior to such drawing.
C. On the
last Friday in the month of August in the year in which a general election is
to be held, the state chairperson of each political party qualified to
participate in the election, or a designated representative with written
authorization by such chairperson, shall meet in the office of the secretary of
state at a time specified in the notice. At this time, the chairperson, or the
designated representative, shall proceed to draw by lot for the position of the
chairperson's party on the general election ballot.
D. There shall be placed in a suitable
container, capsules containing numbers one through the number that is
equivalent to the total number of political parties participating in the
general election. The number drawn by each chairperson, or chairperson's
designated representative, shall determine the position on the general election
ballot that the chairperson's party and the candidates of that party shall
occupy, with number one being the first position on the ballot, number two
being the second, number three being the third, and so on down the ballot until
all parties are placed on the ballot. In the event no state chairperson or
designated representative appears as notified for such drawing, the secretary
of state shall draw on behalf of that political party.
E. The names of all unaffiliated candidates,
or candidates who decline to state a party affiliation shall be printed on the
ballot as "Independent" and shall be positioned on the ballot below or after
candidates affiliated with a political party, if any. In the event two or more
independent candidates run for the same office, their names shall be located on
the ballot in alphabetical order.
F. If a person has filed to be a qualified
write-in candidate for a particular office, a space shall be printed on the
ballot after the listing of other candidates for that office pursuant to
Section 1-10-13 NMSA 1978.
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