Elections are over, What’s Next?

2022 Candidates and PACs

For all candidates and PACs, there is one last financial report, The fourth General report, Due to wrap up the 2022 election cycle. The Report is due on January 9^th, 2023 and will include all transactions from 11/2/2022 – 12/31/2022.

The 2024 Election cycle starts on January 1, 2023 and will have updated contribution limits effective 1/1/2023, with the 2023 first biannual report due on April 10, 2023.

Candidate and PAC 2023 Reporting Schedule

Report Name	2023 First Biannual	2023 Second Biannual
Report Period	1/1/2023 – 4/3/2023	4/4/2023 – 10/2/2023
Due Date	4/10/2023	10/9/2023

Lobbyists

For all compensated lobbyists and lobbyists who made political contributions or expenditures from October 4^th, 2022 – December 31, 2022, there is a Report due on January 15^th, 2023.

Lobbyist Registration for the 2023 Lobbying year should be underway, but the New Mexico Secretary of States Office has not opened registration or renewal options in the Lobbyist Reporting System (LRS) as of 12/12/2022.

Currently registered lobbyists will have to renew their current registration when available in the LRS and carry all continued employers (clients) over to the 2023 Registration year, and add any new employers (clients) they may have acquired for the 2023 Lobbyist Registration year.

New lobbyists will have to register new in LRS, request employer (client) authorization, communicate with their employer to register in LRS, if not already done so, and have the Employer authorize the lobbyist to lobby on their behalf.

Lobbyist 2023 Reporting Schedule

Report Name	2023 First Report	2023 Second Report	2023 Third Report
Report Period	1/1/2023 – 5/1/2023	5/2/2023 – 10/2/2023	10/3/2023 – 12/31/2023
Due Date	5/3/2023	10/4/2023	1/15/2023

** All transactions of $500 or more must be reported within 48 hours of the transaction made or incurred during a legislative Session

Important Links

Campaign Finance Information System

New Mexico Legislature Website

New Mexico Secretary of State Website

2023 New Mexico Legislative Session – 60-day Session

Important Dates

January 3, 2023 – January 13 – Legislation may be pre-filed

January 17 – Opening day (noon)  

February 16 – Deadline for introduction

March 18 – Session ends (noon)  

April 7 – Legislation not acted upon by governor is pocket vetoed

June 16­ – Effective date of legislation not a general appropriation bill or a bill carrying an emergency clause or other specified date

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The 2023 Regular Local Election, otherwise known as the (RLE), will be held on November 7, 2023

According to 1-22-4 NMSA 1978

A. Between one hundred twenty and one hundred fifty days before the next regular local election,

each local government shall notify the county clerk of the county in which the primary administrative

office of the local government is situate of all local government positions that are to be filled at the next regular local election. Each county clerk shall inform the secretary of state of all positions to be filled no later than one hundred twelve days before the regular local election.

B. The secretary of state shall by resolution issue a public proclamation in Spanish and English

calling a regular local election. The proclamation shall be issued and filed by the secretary

of state in the office of the secretary of state ninety days preceding the date of the regular local

election, and upon filing the proclamation, the secretary of state shall post the proclamation and

certify it to each county clerk.

C. The proclamation shall specify:

(1) the date when the election will be held;

(2) each elective office, local governing body and judicial position to be filled;

(3) the date on which declarations of candidacy are to be filed;

(4) the date on which declarations of intent to be a write-in

candidate are to be filed; and

(5) the municipalities subject to a ranked-choice

voting runoff election and those subject to

a top-two

runoff election and the date of the top-two

runoff election should one be necessary.

D. After receipt of the proclamation from the secretary of state, the county clerk shall post

the entire proclamation on the county clerk’s website and, not less than seventy-five

days before

the date of the election, shall publish portions of the proclamation relevant to the county at least

once in a newspaper of general circulation within the county. The publication of the proclamation

shall conform to the requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and shall

specify:

(1) the date when the election will be held;

(2) for each local government situated in whole or in part in the county, each elective

executive, local governing body and judicial position to be filled by voters of any precinct in the

county;

(3) the date on which declarations of candidacy are to be filed and the date on which declarations

of intent to be a write-in

candidate are to be filed;

(4) the location, days and hours for voting at the office of the county clerk;

(5) the location, days and hours for early voting at each alternate voting location and mobile

alternate voting location;

(6) the location, date and hours for voting at each election day polling place; and

(7) the date certificates of registration shall be subscribed and sworn as required by law
E. Whenever two or more members of a local governing body are to be elected at large for

terms of the same length of time, the secretary of state shall numerically designate the positions

on the ballot as “position one”, “position two” and such additional consecutively numbered positions

as are necessary, but only one member shall be elected for each position. Whenever two or

more members of a local governing body are to be elected to represent the same area with terms of

different lengths of time, the secretary of state shall list the office with the shorter length of time first and shall designate each position with “for a term expiring ______________”.