N.M. Stat. § 1-8-13
Primary and general election; contents of proclamation.
The general election proclamation calling a primary and general election shall contain:
A. the names of the major political parties participating in the primary election;
B. the offices to be elected at the general election and for which each political party shall
nominate candidates; provided that if any law is enacted by the legislature in the year in which
the primary election is held and the law does not take effect until after the date to amend the
proclamation but prior to the date to fill vacancies pursuant to Section 1-8-7 or 1-8-8 NMSA
1978, the secretary of state shall conform the proclamation to the intent of the law with respect
to the offices for which each political party shall nominate candidates;
C. the date on which declarations of candidacy and nominating petitions for United States
representative, any office voted upon by all the voters of the state, a legislative office, the office
of district judge, district attorney, public education commission or magistrate shall be filed and
the places where they shall be filed in order to have the candidates' names printed on the official
ballot of their party at the primary election or in order to have the candidates' names printed on
the official ballot at the general election, as applicable;
D. the date on and place at which declarations of candidacy shall be filed for any other office
and filing fees paid or, in lieu thereof, a nominating petition;
E. the final date on and place at which candidates for the office of United States
representative and for any statewide office seeking preprimary convention designation by the
major parties shall file petitions and declarations of candidacy;
F. the final date on which the major political parties shall hold state preprimary conventions
for the designation of candidates;
G. the final date on and place at which certificates of designation of primary election
candidates shall be filed by political parties with the secretary of state;
H. the date on which declarations of candidacy for minor party candidates shall be filed and
the places where the declarations of candidacy shall be filed in order to have the minor party
candidate names printed on the official ballot of the general election;
I. the date on which declarations of candidacy for unaffiliated candidates shall be filed and
the places where the declarations of candidacy shall be filed in order to have the unaffiliated
candidate names printed on the official ballot of the general election;
J. the date on which declarations of candidacy for nonpartisan judicial retention shall be
filed and the places where the declarations of candidacy shall be filed in order to have the
judicial retention names printed on the official ballot of the general election; and
K. the date on which declarations to be a write-in candidate are to be filed and the places
where the declarations of candidacy shall be filed in order to have write-in votes counted and
canvassed at the political party primary or general election.