A. No person selected as a delegate or alternate shall qualify to attend the national convention of his political party unless he files with the state chairman of his political party at least fifteen days prior to the convening of the applicable national party convention a written declaration of acceptance, signed by himself, in the form herein prescribed and the state chairman deposits this declaration of acceptance in the office of the secretary of state no later than ten days before convening of the applicable national convention.

B. The declaration of acceptance shall be in the form of an affidavit and shall contain the following information:

(1) the name, residence and post office address of the delegate or alternate delegate;

(2) a statement that he is a registered voter in New Mexico affiliated with the political party for which he is a delegate or alternate and that he was a registered voter and affiliated with that party on the day of the governor's primary election proclamation in the year in which he is a delegate to the national convention;

(3) a statement that he accepts his selection as a delegate or alternate to the national convention; and

(4) if delegates are pledged to specific candidates for the office of president, a pledge in the following form:

"As a delegate to the 20 ________ national convention of ________________________ party, I pledge myself to vote on the first ballot for the nomination of president by the ________________________ party as required by Section 1-8-60 NMSA 1978.".

C. Any delegate representing the uncommitted category may vote for any candidate at the national convention or remain uncommitted.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-41, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 230, § 9; 1980, ch. 13, § 5; 1980, ch. 43, § 5; 2003, ch. 300, § 4; 1978 Comp., § 1-8-61 recompiled as § 1-15A-10 by Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 109.

Recompilations. — Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 109 recompiled former 1-8-61 NMSA 1978 as 1-15A-10 NMSA 1978 effective July 1, 2011.

The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted "on the day of the governor's primary election proclamation" for "forty-two days prior to the presidential primary election held" near the middle of Paragraph B(2) and substituted "20..." for "19..." in Paragraph B(4).