Official Call For Democratic Party Preprimary Convention

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on February 16, 2024
- 8:24 am

DPNM NEWS:

To all County Party Chairs and Vice Chairs, SCC Members and New Mexico Democrats,

This is the official amended Call for the DPNM 2024 Pre-Primary Election Nominating Convention.

As stated in Article II, Rule 4.1.1 in the DPNM Rules, the Call shall be issued at least 60 days prior to the date of the convention.

The 2024 Pre-Primary Election Nominating convention shall be held virtually Saturday, March 9, 2024.

Required Business of the Pre-Primary Convention

We are required to hold the Pre-Primary Convention per state law and DPNM Rules. At the convention, delegates from all New Mexico counties will vote for their preferred Democratic candidate for each statewide and federal office up for election in 2024.

Each candidate who receives 20 percent or more of the votes of convention delegates will be placed on the primary ballot. In each contested race, the candidate who receives the most convention delegate votes will be listed first on the primary ballot, with other candidates listed in descending order of votes received.

Convention delegates will also consider adoption of a new Democratic Party of New Mexico platform, and any DPNM resolutions presented at the convention.

Details of the Pre-Primary Convention

The 2024 Democratic Pre-Primary Election Nominating Convention will be held virtually at 10 a.m. March 9, 2024.
Where: https:////tinyurl.com/preprimary24

Voting Pursuant to the Pre-Primary Convention

DPNM strives to facilitate full participation in our democracy. We understand that some members of our party organization still might feel uncomfortable gathering in large crowds for health reasons or might be unable to travel to the convention. We believe that everyone should have a voice in our democratic process independent of health, financial resources, or geographic location.

All state-convention voting for the candidates, platform, and any resolutions will be conducted through our absentee voting process to ensure that all delegates within our party organization are able to participate fully in all aspects of the convention process.

Information for SCC Members

All State Central Committee members are automatic delegates to the Pre-Primary Convention. Most County parties will be holding a county Pre-Primary Convention and electing additional convention delegates. We strongly encourage you to help your county party leadership conduct a successful election.

Information for County Party Leaders

Most county parties will need to hold county party delegate elections, which must be completed at least ten (10) days before the state party pre-primary election nominating convention. This year, county party delegate elections must be completed no later than 5 p.m. Feb. 27, 2024. We will be reaching out to your county party leadership shortly with information about allocated delegate positions and the requirements for filling those positions.

We look forward to seeing you and your county delegation over Zoom!

If you have any questions about the convention process, please contact DPNM Executive Director Sean Ward at sean@nmdemocrats.org.