This year, the New Mexico legislature passed SB 678, which moves the independent presidential petition deadline from September to June, and also moves the deadline for non-presidential independent candidates from July to June. The bill did not affect the petition deadline for minor party nominee petitions. They continue to be due in July.

Courts in Alaska, Kansas, Nevada, Rhode Island, and South Dakota have previously ruled that independent presidential deadlines as early as June are unconstitutional. However, since then, courts in Texas and Arizona have upheld such deadlines.