In making a declaration of candidacy, the candidate shall submit a sworn statement of intent in substantially the following form:

"DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY--STATEMENT OF INTENT

I, ___________________ (candidate's name on certificate of registration), being first duly sworn, say that I am a voter of the county of _________________, State of New Mexico. I reside at ____________________________________________________________ and was registered to vote at that place on the date of the proclamation calling this election;

I reside within and am registered to vote in the area to be elected to represent;

I desire to become a candidate for the office of __________________ at the regular local election to be held in November of the year this declaration is filed;

I will be eligible and legally qualified to hold this office at the beginning of its term; and

I make the foregoing affidavit under oath, knowing that any false statement herein constitutes a felony punishable under the criminal laws of New Mexico.

_______________________

(Signature of Declarant)

_______________________

(Mailing Address)

_______________________

(Residence Address)

Subscribed and sworn to before me by _________________ this ______ day of ________________, 20 ______.

____________________________

(Notary Public)

My commission expires:

______________________________".

History: 1978 Comp., § 1-22-8, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 168, § 10; 1987, ch. 249, § 47; 1993, ch. 314, § 63; 1993, ch. 316, § 61; 1997, ch. 252, § 2; 2015, ch. 145, § 84; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 21; 2019, ch. 212, § 148.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 21 repealed 1-22-8 NMSA 1978 and enacted a new section effective July 1, 2018.

The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, revised the form for a declaration of candidacy; after "in the area to be", deleted "represented" and added "elected to represent"; and after "to be held", deleted "on the date set by law" and added "in November of the year this declaration is filed".

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, amended the declaration of candidacy form; in the first undesignated paragraph, after "I reside at ________ and was", deleted "a resident" and added "registered to vote", after "place on the date", deleted "of", after "calling the election", deleted "for which I am a candidate" and added "was filed in the office of the county clerk"; in the second undesignated paragraph, after "for the office of", deleted the blank space added "School Board"; and in the notary affidavit, deleted "19" and added "20".

The 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, added the language beginning "and was a resident" at the end of the first paragraph of the form.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "certificate" for "affidavit" in the form. This section was also amended by Laws 1993, ch. 314, § 63. The section was set out as amended by Laws 1993, ch. 316, § 61. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.