New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS
Part 11 - ORDER OF OFFICES ON THE BALLOT
Section 1.10.11.8 - ORDER OF OFFICES ON THE STATEWIDE BALLOT
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The ballot used in the primary and general elections shall contain, when applicable, the offices to be voted on in the following order:
B. Non-judicial state offices, when applicable, shall be in the following order on the primary election ballot. The order of the non-judicial state offices on the general election ballot shall be the same as in the primary election except, per New Mexico state constitution Article 5, Section 1, the governor and lieutenant governor shall be elected jointly by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable to both offices.
C. When applicable, the ballot used in the primary and general elections shall continue in the following order:
D. When applicable, other districted offices shall be in the following order on the primary and general election ballot:
E. Judicial offices in partisan contests, when applicable, shall be in the following order on the primary and general election ballot:
F. When applicable, the ballot used in the primary and general elections shall continue in the following order:
G. When applicable, the ballot used in the general elections shall continue with other questions. At least 63 days before each general election, the SOS shall determine the order of each category of other questions, taking into account the need for a common back side for ballots in certain counties to reduce costs and to increase the efficiency of the check-in procedure for voters when using on demand ballot printing systems. The categories of other questions are: