A. Applicant candidates for all statewide judicial elective offices shall obtain qualifying contributions equal to one-tenth of one percent of the number of voters in the state.
B. Applicant candidates may accept qualifying contributions from persons who become registered within the statutory time frame that would enable those persons to vote in the primary election.
C. Voters registered as independent are not excluded from making qualifying contributions but shall be registered within the statutory time frame as independent.
D. No payment, gift or anything of value shall be given in exchange for a qualifying contribution.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 14, § 4; 2007 (1st S.S.), ch. 2, § 2; 2020, ch. 9, § 11.
ANNOTATIONSContingent effective date. — Laws 2020, ch. 9, § 11 amended 1-19A-4 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 2023, contingent upon certification by the secretary of state that the constitution of New Mexico has been amended as proposed by a joint resolution of the first session of the fifty-fourth legislature (Laws 2019, SJC/SRC/SJR Nos. 1 and 4, CA #1) at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2023, removed the public regulation commission from the qualifying contribution requirement for applicant candidates, and made certain technical amendments; and in Subsection A, in the introductory clause, after "candidates", added "for all statewide judicial elective offices", and after "contributions", deleted "as follows", deleted the paragraph designation "(1)" and "for all statewide judicial elective offices, the number of qualifying contributions", and deleted former Paragraph A(2).