REGULAR LOCAL ELECTION PROCLAMATION
Pursuant to the Regular Local Election Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 1-22-2 to 1-22-19 (as amended), I, Rayetta M. Trujillo, Colfax County Clerk, 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 7, 2023; 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:
CITY OF RATON – TWO COMMISSIONERS
AND ONE MUNICIPAL JUDGE
District 1 Commissioner FOUR-YEAR TERM
District 3 Commissioner FOUR-YEAR TERM
Municipal Judge FOUR-YEAR TERM
TOWN OF SPRINGER – TWO TRUSTEES
AND ONE MUNICIPAL JUDGE
Trustee FOUR-YEAR TERM
Trustee FOUR-YEAR TERM
Municipal Judge FOUR-YEAR TERM
VILLAGE OF ANGEL FIRE – ONE MAYOR, TWO
COUNCILORS AND ONE MUNICIPAL JUDGE
Mayor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Municipal Judge FOUR-YEAR
VILLAGE OF CIMARRON – ONE MAYOR AND
THREE COUNCILORS
Mayor TWO-YEAR TERM
Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Councilor TWO-YEAR TERM
Municipal Judge FOUR-YEAR TERM
VILLAGE OF EAGLE NEST – TWO COUNCILORS
AND ONE MUNICIPAL JUDGE
Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Municipal Judge FOUR-YEAR TERM
DES MOINES MUNICIPAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. 85 – THREE SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS
(Colfax & Union)
Position 1 At-Large Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 2 At-Large Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 5 At-Large Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
VILLAGE OF MAXWELL – TWO COUNCILORS
Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
Councilor FOUR-YEAR TERM
CIMARRON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
NO. 3 – THREE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
District 1, Position 1 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
District 2, Position 2 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
District 3, Position 3 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
MAXWELL MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
NO. 26 – TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
Position 2 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 3 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
RATÓN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11 –
THREE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
SPRINGER MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS – THREE
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
(Colfax & Union)
Position 1 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 4 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 5 School Board FOUR-YEAR TERM
SOUTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY SPECIAL
HOSPITAL DISTRICT – THREE HOSPITAL
BOARD MEMBERS
(Colfax & Union)
Sub District 3, Position 1 Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
Sub District 3, Position 2 Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
Sub District 4, Position 1 Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
COLFAX SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT – THREE BOARD MEMBERS
Position 1 Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 2 Board Member FOUR-YEAR TERM
Position 5 At-Large Board Member FOUR-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 29, 2023.
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, September 5, 2023.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my official seal on this the 9th day of August 2023.
/s/ Rayetta M. Trujillo
Rayetta M. Trujillo Colfax County Clerk
