A. Each political party shall file its rules and regulations, along with petitions containing the required number of signatures, if the signature provision is applicable to the party, within thirty days after its organization and no later than twenty-three days after the primary election before any general election in which it is authorized to participate.

B. Within seven days after the filing of the political party's rules and qualifying petitions, the secretary of state shall notify the political party whether the rules and qualifying petitions are in proper order and that the party has qualified. The secretary of state shall notify all county clerks in the state of the qualification of that political party and post notice of qualification on the secretary of state's web site.

C. Political parties filing rules and regulations with the county clerk shall pay the standard filing fee.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-7-4, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 147; 1977, ch. 222, § 17; 1983, ch. 232, § 8; 1995, ch. 124, § 9; 2014, ch. 40, § 1; 2014, ch. 81, § 1.

The 2014 amendment, effective March 12, 2014, provided for the filing of a qualifying petition and notice of qualification as a party; provided for standardized filing dates; in Subsection A, after "rules and regulations", added "along with petitions containing the required number signatures, if the signature provision is applicable to the party", after "no later than" deleted "the first Tuesday in April" and added "twenty-three days after the primary election", and after "before any", added "general"; and added Subsection B.

Laws 2014, ch. 40, § 1, effective March 7, 2014, and Laws 2014, ch. 81, § 1, effective March 12, 2014, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2014, ch. 81, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.

The 1995 amendment, effective January 1, 1996, substituted "first Tuesday in April" for "second Tuesday in July" in Subsection A.

Party must file with secretary of state for national, etc., offices. — When a party wishes to place candidates on the ballots for national, state, district and legislative offices from multiple county districts, such party must comply with this section by filing its rules and regulations with the secretary of state. 1956 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 56-6559 (opinion rendered under former law).