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Section 21-13-18.2 - Declaration of candidacy; write-in candidates; filing date; penalty.

21-13-18.2. Declaration of candidacy; write-in candidates; filing date; penalty.

A.     A declaration of candidacy for membership on the community college board shall be filed with the proper filing officer during the period commencing at 9:00 a.m. on the forty-eighth day before an election and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the same day.   

B.     Write-in candidates for the office of board member shall be permitted in community college district elections.   

C.     A person may be a write-in candidate only if he has the qualifications to be a candidate for membership on the board as provided in the Community College Act [21-13-1 NMSA 1978].   

D.     A person desiring to be a write-in candidate for the office of board member shall file with the proper filing officer a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate.  The declaration shall be filed before 5:00 p.m. on the thirty-fifth day preceding the date of the election.   

E.     Any person knowingly making a false statement in his declaration of candidacy is guilty of a fourth degree felony.   

F.     As used in this section, "proper filing officer" means the county clerk of the county in which the community college is situated.   

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