Secretary of State of New Mexico

Organization

• The administers elections and enforces local, state, and federal election laws. The bureau's duties include training county clerks and voting machine technicians, maintaining the state's voter registration database, filing petitions of candidacy for official running for election, and administering the Native American Election Information Program, which is a special program to help improve voter registration and voter turnout among the Native American populations within the state.
• The Ethics Administration regulates campaign finance and lobbying within the state, and provides ethics training to various parties involved in government.
• The Information Systems Division maintains the Secretary of State's computer systems, and assists the Bureau of Elections in the management of the voter registration system.
• The Operations Division provides various administrative and business-related services to the people of New Mexico. This includes filing of security interests under the Uniform Commercial Code and the Food Security Act of 1985, registration of trademarks, formation of general partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships. This division is also responsible for licensing of notaries public and issuance of apostilles.

  Other duties

List of New Mexico Secretaries of State