vacancy caused by Balderas’s withdrawal, no similar vacancy existed for the Republican Party. {15} Reviewing our precedent, we conclude there is ample support for the Secretary of State’s position. See Skeen v. Hooper, 631 F.2d 707, 709, 711 (10th Cir.1980) (relying on the federal district court’s decision that, under Section l-8-8(A), a vacancy does not exist on the general election ballot unless the party ran a candidate in the primary election; also noting that a compelling state interest was served by ensuring “elections in New Mexico are conducted in a fair, honest and orderly fashion, unaccompanied by chaos, even when officials are confronted by a sudden change in events”); State ex rel. Van Schoyck v. Bd. of County Comm’rs, 46 N.M. 472, 475, 481-82, 131 P.2d 278, 280, 284 (1942) (<HOLDING>); N.M. Att’y Gen. Op. 80-31 (1980) (stating
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