State Instructions — NEW MEXICO
Updated: 06-10-2025
Registration Deadline — 28 days before the election.
6. ID Number. You must provide a driver's license or state identification number issued by the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department or the last four digits of your social security number. Computerized listings of limited voter registration information (without social security numbers, codes used to identify agencies where voters have registered, a voter’s day and month of birth or, if prohibited by voters, voters’ telephone numbers) are available to the general public, and are furnished upon request to incumbent election officeholders, candidates, political parties, courts and non-profit organizations promoting voter participation and registration, for political purposes only.
7. Choice of Party. You may register with a party if you want to take part in that party’s primary election, caucus, or convention. If you are not registered with a political party, you may request a primary election ballot for one of the participating parties.
8. Race or Ethnic Group. Leave blank.
9. Signature. To register in New Mexico you must:
- be a citizen of the United States
- be a resident of the State of New Mexico
- be 18 years of age on or before the next election
- not currently be incarcerated as a result of a felony conviction.
Mailing Address:
Bureau of Elections
325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300
Santa Fe, NM 87503