SB 298 — LEGISLATIVE ELECTION CHANGES

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The bill updates the Voter Action Act by including state senator and state representative candidates, establishing new contribution limits, and removing references to the public regulation commissioner as an elected office.

• 1-19A-2

  office of public regulation commissioner → offices of state senator and state representative

  It expands the definition of 'covered office' to include state senator and state representative positions.

• 1-19A-4

  office of public regulation commissioner, the number of → offices of state senator and state representative, one hundred fifty qualifying contributions

  It modifies the requirements for qualifying contributions for state senate and state representative candidates.

• 1-19A-4

  equal to one-tenth of one percent of the number of voters in the district of the office for which the candidate is running

  It removes the previous basis for qualifying contributions for the office of public regulation commissioner.

• 1-19A-4.1

  An applicant candidate shall not accept contributions from any other source. → A certified candidate shall not accept contributions from any other source, except as allowed pursuant to Subsection D of this section and Section 1-19A-8 NMSA 1978.

  It clarifies the sources from which a certified candidate may accept contributions.

• 1-19A-13

  for the office of public regulation commissioner, twenty-five cents ($.25) for each voter of the candidate's party in the district of the office for which the candidate is running; and

  It removes funding distribution metrics previously applicable to the office of public regulation commissioner.

• 1-19A-13

  for the office of public regulation commissioner, twenty-five cents ($.25) for each voter in the district of the office for which the candidate is running; and

  It removes previous funding distribution calculations used for the public regulation commissioner.

• 1-19A-13

  for the office of public regulation commissioner, twenty-five cents ($.25) for each voter in the district of the office for which the candidate is running; and

  It updates the funding distribution rules to reflect the removal of the public regulation commissioner role.

• 1-19A-2

  the office of public regulation commissioner

  It removes the public regulation commissioner from the defined offices eligible for the Voter Action Act support.

• 1-19A-4.1

  and throughout the qualifying period from qualified electors registered to vote in the state. → during the sixty days immediately preceding the qualifying period

  It clarifies the timeline for collecting contributions from qualified electors.

Action History

1. February 01, 2021

   Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Finance Committee

Sponsors

• Peter Wirth · Primary

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