New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS
Part 24 - REFERENDUM PETITION PROCEDURES
Section 1.10.24.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Certified list" means the alphabetized listing of registered voters of a county that is under the signature and seal of the secretary of state.

B. "Designated agent" means the sole individual authorized by the referendum sponsors to act on behalf of sponsors.

C. "Fictitious, forged or otherwise clouded signatures" means signatures including, but not limited to, the names of celebrities and actors that are not registered voters or qualified electors of New Mexico, cartoon characters, historical figures, animal companions or livestock, or any signature where the address is not legible and the signer could not be sufficiently identified by a judge.

D. "Petition" means the referendum form, approved, certified, and circulated pursuant to Article 17 of the Election Code.

E. "Petitioner" means an individual, group of persons or organization circulating a referendum petition pursuant to Article IV, Section 1 of the New Mexico Constitution and the provisions of Article 17 of the Election Code.

F. "Qualified elector" means any resident of this state who is qualified to vote under the provisions of the Constitution of New Mexico and the Constitution of the United States and includes any qualified resident.

G. "Registered voter" means a qualified elector, registered to vote pursuant to the provisions of the Election Code.

H. "Signer" means a qualified elector or registered voter who signs his name to a referendum petition.

I. "Solicitor" means a person who circulates a referendum petition and requests the signatures of qualified electors or registered voters.

J. "Sponsor" means the individual, group of persons or organization circulating a referendum petition pursuant to Article IV, Section 1 of the New Mexico Constitution and the provisions of Article 17 of the Election Code.