New Mexico Amendment 2 (1996)
New Mexico Amendment 2 permitted school districts to incur debt without an election, for the purpose of lease-purchase agreements for educational technology equipment. It was on the November 5, 1996 election ballot in New Mexico, where it passed.
Amendment 2 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment amending the New Mexico Constitution. It was one of seven such measures on the 1996 ballot in the state. All of them passed.
- Yes: 238,126 (51%)
- No: 230,850 (49%)
See also
Footnotes
- Amendment 2, 1996, election results
- National Conference of State Legislatures Ballot Measures Database
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