REGULAR LOCAL ELECTION PROCLAMATION
Pursuant to the Regular Local Election Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 1-22-2 to 1-22-19 (1969, as amended through 2019), I, Rayetta M. Trujillo, Clerk of Colfax County by virtue of the authority vested in me, do hereby issue the following proclamation:
That a Regular Local Election is called to be held throughout the State of New Mexico and in each county and precinct thereof on November 2, 2021; and
That a Regular Local Election shall be a nonpartisan election, and the names of all candidates shall be listed on the ballot with no party or slate designation; and
That a Regular Local Election shall be held to elect qualified persons to membership on a local governing body and, where applicable, to elect municipal officers for the following offices:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CITY OF RATON – THREE COMMISSIONERS
District 2 Commissioner FOUR-YEAR TERM
District 4 Commissioner FOUR-YEAR TERM
District 5 Commissioner FOUR-YEAR TERM
TOWN OF SPRINGER – ONE MAYOR
AND TWO TRUSTEES
Mayor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 1 Trustee FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 2 Trustee FOUR-YEAR TERM
VILLAGE OF ANGEL FIRE –THREE COUNCILORS
Position 1 Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 2 Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 3 Councilor TO FILL REMAING TWO-
YEARS OF A FOUR-YEAR TERM
VILLAGE OF CIMARRON – ONE MAYOR,
TWO COUNCILORS AND MUNICIPAL JUDGE
Mayor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 1 Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 2 Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Municipal Judge TO FILL REMAING TWO-
YEARS OF A FOUR-YEAR
TERM
VILLAGE OF EAGLE NEST – – ONE MAYOR,
TWO COUNCILORS AND MUNICIPAL JUDGE
Mayor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 1 Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 2 Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Municipal Judge FOUR-YEAR TERM
VILLAGE OF MAXWELL – ONE MAYOR
AND TWO COUNCILORS
Mayor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 1 Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 2 Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
CIMARRON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
NO. 3 – TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
District 4, Position 4 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
District 5, Position 5 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
LUNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE – FOUR
COLLEGE BOARD MEMBERS
(Guadalupe, Colfax, Mora, San Miguel & Union)
Position 2 College Board Member SIX-YEAR TERM
Position 4 College Board Member SIX-YEAR TERM
Position 6 College Board Member SIX-YEAR TERM
Position 7 College Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
MAXWELL MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
NO. 26 – THREE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
Position 1 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 4 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 5 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
RATÓN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11 –
TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
School Board, Position 2 FOUR-YEAR TERM
School Board, Position 3 FOUR-YEAR TERM
SPRINGER MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.
24 – TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
(Colfax & Union)
School Board Position 2 FOUR-YEAR TERM
School Board Position 3 FOUR-YEAR TERM
DES MOINES MUNICIPAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. 85 – TWO SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS
Position 3 At-Large Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 4 At-Large Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
SOUTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY SPECIAL
HOSPITAL DISTRICT – TWO HOSPITAL
BOARD MEMBERS
(Colfax & Union)
Sub District 1, Position 1 Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
Sub District 2, Position 2 Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
COLFAX SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT – TWO BOARD MEMBERS
Position 3 Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 4 Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
VERMEJO CONSERVANCY DISRICT
ONE MEMBER
Position 4 Board Member SIX-YEAR TERM
Declaration of Candidacy for the Regular Local Election shall be filed between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.
Declaration of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate for the Regular Local Election shall be filed between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 31, 2021.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my official seal on this the 9th day of August, 2021.
/s/ Rayetta M. Trujillo
Rayetta M. Trujillo Colfax County Clerk
