The New Mexico legislature adjourned for the year, early on Saturday afternoon, March 16. SB 276, the bill to restore the straight-ticket device, failed to become law, even though it had passed the State Senate and a House Committee. It never received a vote on the House floor. Thanks to Alan Woodruff for this news.

The bill to ease ballot access also failed to pass, but that was no surprise, because it had never made any headway. It was SB 218, and would have replaced all mandatory candidate petitions with filing fees. Currently, there are no filing fees in New Mexico for candidates.