New Mexico Amendment 4, Allow School Elections to Be Held with Other Nonpartisan Elections Measure (2008)
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| Topic Local government officials and elections and Public education governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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New Mexico Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New Mexico on November 4, 2008. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing school elections to be held at the same time as nonpartisan elections, rather than requiring them to be held separately from all other elections. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing school elections to be held at the same time as nonpartisan elections, thereby maintaining the requirement that school elections be held separately from all other elections. |
Election results
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New Mexico Amendment 4 |
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512,962 | 74.48% | ||
| No | 175,767 | 25.52% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing to Amend Article 7, Section 1 of the Constitution of New Mexico to Allow School Elections to Be Held at the Same Time as Other Elections. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New Mexico Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the New Mexico State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 36 votes in the New Mexico House of Representatives and 22 votes in the New Mexico State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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