NOMINATION OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
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SB 178 — NOMINATION OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
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The revised version of SB 178 now clearly states that major political parties must nominate their candidates for lieutenant governor through a designated process after their primary elections. This amendment adds specific guidelines about the nomination timeline and qualifications for these candidates. This change is significant because it ensures that major parties have a structured approach to selecting their ticket for elections, which could lead to more organized campaigns and clearer voter choices. Additionally, it simplifies the process for non-major party candidates by allowing them to submit a single nomination petition for both governor and lieutenant governor.
SENATEAN BILLACT 178RELATING 53RDTO LEGISLATUREELECTIONS; - STATEOFNEWMEXICO- SECOND SESSION , 2018 INTRODUCED BY Mark Moores and Daniel A.
Ivey-Soto 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS;
REQUIRING A SINGLE NOMINATING PETITION FOR JOINT CANDIDATES FOR 14 GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FOR NON-MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES.
e8 t 17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
w l n d 18 SECTION 1.
A new section of Chapter 1, Article 8 NMSA = = 19 1978 is enacted to read:
a"MAJOR l i a e r 20 "[NEW MATERIAL] MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES--NOMINATING aPROCEDURES-- tCANDIDATES m m 21 PROCEDURES--CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.-- d r e 22 A.
A major political party that in the primary c e s k 23 election has nominated a candidate for governor shall designate e a n b 24 the party's nominee for lieutenant governor for the next u [ succeeding general election.
The designation shall be made .209421.3 following the final certification of the results of a primary election and shall be filed with the secretary of state no later than ninety days before the general election.
The process for making the designation pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be as provided for in SB 178 the rules of the respective party;
provided that, at a Page 1 minimum, the committee making the designation shall include the members of the state central committee of the party.
When the name of a designated lieutenant governor nominee is filed as provided in this section, the name e e 17 shall be placed on the general election ballot as the joint e e n d 18 candidate listed with the party's candidate for governor." = = l ] 19 SECTION 2.
Section 1-8-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, a l r i 20 Chapter 240, Section 151, as amended by Laws 2014, Chapter 40, t e a t Section 2 and by Laws 2014, Chapter 81, Section 2) is amended m m 21 e d r e 22 to read:
c e r c 23 "1-8-1.
NOMINATING PROCEDURES--MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES--PARTIES--MINOR e a n b 24 MINOR POLITICAL PARTIES.-- u [ A.
Any major political party in New Mexico, as .209421.3 - 2 - defined in Section 1-7-7 NMSA 1978, shall nominate its candidates, other than its presidential, vice presidential and lieutenant gubernatorial candidates, by secret ballot at the next succeeding primary election as prescribed in the Primary Election Law.
Any minor political party in New Mexico, as defined in Section 1-7-7 NMSA 1978, shall nominate candidates SB 178 Page 2 for public office in the manner prescribed in its party rules and regulations and according to the provisions of the Election Code." SECTION 3.
NOMINATION BY MINOR POLITICAL PARTY-- CONVENTION--DESIGNATED NOMINEES.-- e e 17 A.
If the rules of a minor political party require e e n d 18 nomination by political convention:
= = l ] 19 (1) the chair and secretary of the state a l r i 20 political convention shall certify to the secretary of state t e a t the names of their party's nominees for United States senator, m m 21 e d r e 22 United States representative, joint candidates for governor and c e r c 23 lieutenant governor, all other elective state offices, e a n b 24 legislative offices elected from multicounty districts, the u [ public regulation commission, all elective judicial officers in .209421.3 - 3 - the judicial department and all offices representing a district composed of more than one county;
and (2) the chair and secretary of the county political convention shall certify to the county clerk the names of their party's nominees for elected county offices and for legislative offices elected from a district located wholly within one county or that is composed of only one SB 178 Page 3 county.
and (2) in the district for offices other than e e 17 statewide offices.
e e n d 18 The petition shall contain a statement that the voters = = l ] 19 signing the petition are residents of the area to be a l r i 20 represented by the office for which the person being nominated t e a t is a candidate.
The names of the joint candidates for governor m m 21 e d r e 22 and lieutenant governor shall appear on the same nominating c e r c 23 petition.
e a n b 24 C.
The names certified to the county clerk shall be u [ filed on the twenty-third day following the primary election in .209421.3 - 4 - the year of the general election and shall be accompanied by a nominating petition containing the signatures of voters totaling not less than one percent of the total number of votes cast for governor at the last preceding general election at which a governor was elected:
SB 178 Page 4 and (2) in the district for offices other than countywide offices.
e e 17 E.
When a political party is certified in the year e e n d 18 of the general election, and after the day the governor issues = = l ] 19 the primary election proclamation, a person certified as a a l r i 20 candidate shall be:
t e a t (1) a member of that party not later than the m m 21 e d r e 22 date the political party filed its rules and qualifying c e r c 23 petitions pursuant to Sections 1-7-2 and 1-7-4 NMSA 1978;
and e a n b 24 (2) a resident in the district of the office u [ for which the person is a candidate on the date of the .209421.3 - 5 - governor's proclamation for the primary election or in the case of a person seeking the office of United States senator or United States representative, a resident within New Mexico on the date of the governor's proclamation for the primary election.
No person who is a candidate for a party in a SB 178 Page 5 primary election may be certified as a candidate for a different party in the general election in the same election cycle.
NOMINATION BY MINOR POLITICAL PARTY--OTHER METHODS.--If the rules and regulations of a minor political e e 17 party require nomination by a method other than a political e e n d 18 convention:
= = l ] 19 A.
the state [chairman ] chair and the governing a l r i 20 board of the state party shall certify to the secretary of t e a t state the names of their party's nominees for United States m m 21 e d r e 22 senator, United States representative, joint candidates for c e r c 23 governor and lieutenant governor, all other elective state e a n b 24 offices, legislative offices elected from multicounty u [ districts, the public regulation commission, all elective .209421.3 - 6 - judicial officers in the judicial department and all offices representing a district composed of more than one county;
the county [chairman ] chair and the governing board of the county party shall certify to the county clerk the names of their party's nominees for elected county offices and for SB 178 Page 6 legislative offices elected from a district located wholly within one county or that is composed of only one county;
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW--OFFICES AFFECTED-- e e 17 QUESTIONS PROHIBITED.-- e e n d 18 A.
The Primary Election Law applies to major = = l ] 19 political party nominations for all offices that are to be a l r i 20 filled at the general election with the exception of the t e a t designation of candidates for lieutenant governor and m m 21 e d r e 22 presidential electors.
c e r c 23 B.
The Primary Election Law does not apply to the e a n b 24 election of persons to fill municipal, school district or u [ special district offices, nor does it apply to special .209421.3 - 7 - elections to fill vacancies in any office filled at the general election.
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SB 178 Page 7 "1-8-21.
e e 17 B.
Except as provided in Subsection C of this e e n d 18 section, candidates for any other office listed in Subsection C = = l ] 19 of Section [1-8-13C] 1-8-13 NMSA 1978 shall have their names a l r i 20 placed on the primary election ballot by filing declarations of t e a t candidacy and nominating petitions with the proper filing m m 21 e d r e 22 officer.
c e r c 23 C.
Candidates for county office shall have their e a n b 24 names placed on the primary election ballot by filing u [ declarations of candidacy and paying filing fees or filing the .209421.3 - 8 - proper paupers' statements at the time of filing declarations of candidacy with the proper filing officer.
Section 1-8-21.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, SB 178 Page 8 Chapter 55, Section 11, as amended) is amended to read:
The state convention shall take only one ballot e e 17 upon candidates for each office to be filled.
Every candidate e e n d 18 receiving twenty percent or more of the votes of the duly = = l ] 19 elected delegates to the convention for the office to be voted a l r i 20 upon at the ensuing primary election shall be certified to the t e a t secretary of state as a convention-designated nominee for that m m 21 e d r e 22 office by the political party.
Certification shall take place c e r c 23 no later than 5:00 p.m.
on the first Tuesday succeeding the e a n b 24 state convention.
u [ D.
The certificate of designation submitted to the .209421.3 - 9 - secretary of state shall state the name of the office for which each person is a candidate, each candidate's name and address and the name of the political party that each candidate represents and certification that the candidate has SB 178 Page 9 been a member of that political party for the period of time required by the Election Code.
Write-in candidates are permitted in the primary election only for the offices of United States representative, members of the legislature, district judges, district attorneys, public regulation commission, public education commission, magistrates and any office voted upon by all voters e e 17 of the state in the primary electionelection. .
e e n d 18 B.
A person may be a write-in candidate only for = = l ] 19 nomination by the major political party with which the person a l r i 20 is affiliated as shown by the certificate of registration, and t e a t such person shall have the qualifications to be a candidate in m m 21 e d r e 22 the primary election for the political party for which the c e r c 23 person is a write-in candidate.
e a n b 24 C.
A person desiring to be a write-in candidate for u [ one of the offices listed in Subsection A of this section in .209421.3 - 10 - the primary election shall file with the proper filing officer a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate.
SB 178 Page 10 D.
and (2) the name is written on the proper line provided on the ballot for write-in votes for the office for e e 17 which the candidate has filed a declaration of intent and the e e n d 18 voter has followed the directions for casting a vote for the = = l ] 19 write-in candidate.
a l r i 20 E.
At the time of filing the declaration of intent t e a t to be a write-in candidate, the write-in candidate shall be m m 21 e d r e 22 considered a candidate for all purposes and provisions relating c e r c 23 to candidates in the Election Code, including the obligations e a n b 24 to report pursuant to the Campaign Reporting Act, except that u [ the write-in candidate's name shall not be printed on the .209421.3 - 11 - ballot.
No unopposed write-in candidate shall have the write-in candidate's nomination certified unless the write-in candidate receives at least the number of write-in votes in SB 178 Page 11 the primary election as the write-in candidate would need signatures on a nominating petition pursuant to the requirements set out in Section 1-8-33 NMSA 1978.
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES FOR GENERAL OR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE SPECIAL ELECTIONS--DEFINITION.-- e e 17 A.
As used in the Election Code, an independent e e n d 18 candidate means a person who:
= = l ] 19 (1) is a candidate for any state or county a l r i 20 office to be voted on at a general election:
t e a t (a) whose certificate of voter m m 21 e d r e 22 registration shows affiliation with no qualified political c e r c 23 party on the date of the governor's proclamation for the e a n b 24 primary election and, if applicable, shows residence on the u [ date of the governor's proclamation for the primary election in .209421.3 - 12 - the district or county of the office for which the person is a candidate;
and (b) who has complied with the nomination procedures set forth in the Election Code for SB 178 Page 12 independent candidates;
or e e 17 (3) is a candidate for the office of president e e n d 18 or vice president who:
= = l ] 19 (a) has complied with the nomination a l r i 20 procedures set forth in the Election Code for independent t e a t candidates;
and m m 21 e d r e 22 (b) was not a major party candidate for c e r c 23 the same office on the primary election ballot.
e a n b 24 B.
No person shall become an independent candidate u [ for any office, and the person's name shall not be printed on .209421.3 - 13 - the general election ballot, unless the person complies with the requirements of this section.
No person shall become an independent candidate for governor unless, at the time of filing a declaration of SB 178 Page 13 candidacy, the person also files a declaration of candidacy 6 designating the joint candidate for lieutenant governor.
[C.] D.
Any voter may challenge the candidacy of any person seeking to become an independent candidate for any office for the reason that the person does not meet the requirements of this section or because the nominating petitions, if required, do not meet the requirements of Section 1-8-31 NMSA 1978 by filing a petition in the district court e e 17 within ten days after the last day for filing a declaration of e e n d 18 candidacy.
The district court shall hear and render a decision = = l ] 19 on the matter within ten days after the filing of the petition.
a l r i 20 The decision of the district court may be appealed to the t e a t supreme court within five days after the decision is rendered.
m m 21 e d r e 22 The supreme court shall hear and render a decision on the c e r c 23 appeal forthwith." e a n b 24 SECTION 10.
EFFECTIVE DATE.--TheDATE.-- effectiveA. date of the u [ provisions of this act is January 1, 2019.
.209421.3The -effective 14date -of the provisions of Sections 3, 4, 8 and 9 of this act is May 16, 2018.
B.
The effective date of the provisions of Sections 1, 2 and 5 through 7 of this act is January 1, 2019.
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Action History
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Pocket Veto
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Senate concurred in House amendments
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passed House
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DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted
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WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION committee report adopted
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Sent to House Local Government, Elections, Land Grants and Cultural Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee
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passed Senate
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floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)
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DO PASS committee report adopted
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DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted
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germane
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Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Rules Committee & Senate Public Affairs Committee
Sponsors
- Mark Moores · Primary
- Daniel A. Ivey-Soto · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 110 not signed on · 15 voted No
Sponsors (2)
- Moores, Mark
- Ivey-Soto, Daniel A.
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (110)
110 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 110 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 19 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 34 | 32 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 49% | 46% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (70)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Salazar, Nick | — | Yea |
| Gonzales | — | Yea |
| Maestas Barnes | — | Yea |
| Martmnez, Javier | — | Yea |
| Rehm | — | Yea |
| Salazar, Tomás | — | Nay |
| Garcia Richard | — | Nay |
| Garcma, M.P. | — | Not Voting |
| Adkins | — | Yea |
| Alcon | — | Nay |
| Baldonado | — | Yea |
| Bandy | — | Nay |
| Chasey | — | Nay |
| Clahchischilliage | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Nay |
| Crowder | — | Nay |
| Dines | — | Yea |
| Dodge | — | Yea |
| Egolf | — | Yea |
| Ely | — | Yea |
| Fajardo | — | Yea |
| Gentry | — | Nay |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Harper | — | Nay |
| Herrell | — | Nay |
| Larrañaga | — | Nay |
| Lewis | — | Nay |
| Louis | — | Nay |
| McCamley | — | Yea |
| Nibert | — | Yea |
| Powdrell-Culbert | — | Yea |
| Roch | — | Nay |
| Rodella | — | Nay |
| Romero | — | Nay |
| Ruiloba | — | Nay |
| Stapleton | — | Nay |
| Strickler | — | Nay |
| Sweetser | — | Yea |
| Wooley | — | Nay |
| Youngblood | — | Nay |
| Angelica Rubio | Democrat | Yea |
| Antonio Maestas | Democrat | Yea |
| Charlotte Little | Democrat | Nay |
| D. Wonda Johnson | Democrat | Nay |
| Debra M. Sariñana | Democrat | Yea |
| Derrick J. Lente | Democrat | Yea |
| Doreen Y. Gallegos | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson | Democrat | Yea |
| Joanne J. Ferrary | Democrat | Yea |
| Linda M. Trujillo | Democrat | Yea |
| Linda M. Trujillo | Democrat | Yea |
| Linda M. Trujillo | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda M. Trujillo | Democrat | Nay |
| Martha Garcia | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew McQueen | Democrat | Yea |
| Nathan P. Small | Democrat | Yea |
| Patricia A. Lundstrom | Democrat | Yea |
| Patricia Roybal Caballero | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Alan T. Martinez | Republican | Yea |
| Candy Spence Ezzell | Republican | Nay |
| Cathrynn N. Brown | Republican | Nay |
| David M. Gallegos | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gail Armstrong | Republican | Yea |
| Gail Armstrong | Republican | Nay |
| James G. Townsend | Republican | Nay |
| Larry R. Scott | Republican | Nay |
| Rebecca Dow | Republican | Yea |
| Rod Montoya | Republican | Nay |
| William A. Hall II | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 28 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 67% | 24% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (42)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| BURT | — | Yea |
| KERNAN | — | Yea |
| INGLE | — | Yea |
| GOULD | — | Yea |
| RUE | — | Yea |
| PIRTLE | — | Yea |
| MOORES | — | Yea |
| WHITE | — | Yea |
| PAYNE | — | Yea |
| LEAVELL | — | Yea |
| SMITH | — | Yea |
| NEVILLE | — | Yea |
| IVEY-SOTO | — | Yea |
| GRIGGS | — | Yea |
| CISNEROS | — | Yea |
| RODRIGUEZ | — | Yea |
| TALLMAN | — | Yea |
| McSORLEY | — | Nay |
| PAPEN | — | Nay |
| SAPIEN | — | Nay |
| O'NEILL | — | Nay |
| SANCHEZ | — | Nay |
| CANDELARIA | — | Not Voting |
| MORALES | — | Not Voting |
| ORTIZ y PINO | — | Nay |
| Antoinette Sedillo Lopez | Democrat | Yea |
| Benny Shendo, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics | Democrat | Nay |
| George K. Muñoz | Democrat | Nay |
| Jeff Steinborn | Democrat | Yea |
| Joseph Cervantes | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Michael Padilla | Democrat | Nay |
| Mimi Stewart | Democrat | Nay |
| Pete Campos | Democrat | Yea |
| Peter Wirth | Democrat | Yea |
| Shannon D. Pinto | Democrat | Yea |
| William P. Soules | Democrat | Yea |
| Alan T. Martinez | Republican | Not Voting |
| Brian G. Baca | Republican | Yea |
| Craig W. Brandt | Republican | Yea |
| Pat Woods | Republican | Yea |
| William E. Sharer | Republican | Yea |
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