The New Mexico Libertarian Party believes it has finished its petition to get back on the ballot. 7,500 signatures have been collected, to meet a requirement of 4,151. Assuming the petition is approved, the party will be ballot-qualified in 2010 and 2012. However, another New Mexico election law says that even though the party would be ballot-qualified, it still needs more petitions for all of its nominees, except for the presidential nominee. Those candidate petitions are due in the summer.
Actually more like 8,500 signatures. National paid for 7,500, NMLP for 500, and NMLP volunteers collected about another 500 according to Ron Bjornstad.