1-22-8. Declaration of candidacy; sworn statement of intent; form.

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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ch. 168, § 10; 1987, ch. 249, § 47; 1993, ch. 314, § 63; 1993, ch. 316, § 61; 1997, ch. 252, § 2; 2015, ch. 145, § 84; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 21; 2019, ch. 212, § 148.