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1996 New Mexico Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1996)

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TOM UDALL                                               MANUEL TIJERINA
Attorney General                                        Deputy Attorney General
September 24, 1996
OPINION
OF                                      Opinion No. 96-01
TOM UDALL
Attorney General
By:       Tannis L. Fox
Assistant Attorney General
To:       The Honorable Cisco McSorley
New Mexico State Representative
401 Tulane Place, N.E.
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
Re:       New Mexico Election Code
NMSA 1978, § 1-1-9 (Repl. Pamp. 1995)
QUESTIONS
1.   Whether, to be recognized as a.major political party in
New Mexico, a qualified political party's candidate for the
office of governor or United States president must satisfy the
minimum vote requirement set forth in NMSA 1978, § 1-1-9 (Repl.
Pamp. 1995)?
2.   Whether, to maintain major political party status, a
qualified political party must meet the foregoing minimum vote
requirement with respect to each general election?
3.   Whether section 1-1-9 requires a major political party
to run a candidate for governor or United States president in
each general election in which the office is to be filled?
CONCLUSIONS
1.   No. Any candidate of a qualified political party, not
only a candidate for the office of governor or United States
president, may satisfy the minimum vote requirement for a party
to obtain recognition as a major political party.

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