New Mexico Ballot Proposal: Authority of the Commissioner of Public Lands (1990)
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The New Mexico Ballot Proposal: Authority of the Commissioner of Public Lands, also known as Constitutional Amendment No. 5, was on the ballot in New Mexico on November 6, 1990, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The ballot proposal would have allowed for the clarification of the Commissioner of Public Lands to exchange lands under his control.[1]
Election results
| New Mexico Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1990) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 175,984 | 57.71% | ||
| Yes | 128,987 | 42.29% | ||
Election results via: New Mexico Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 5: Proposing an amendment to Article 21 of the Constitution of New Mexico to clarify the authority of the Commissioner of Public Lands to exchange lands under his control.[2] |
See also
- New Mexico 1990 ballot measures
- 1990 ballot measures
- List of New Mexico ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in New Mexico
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, "Part 43: Referenda Elections for New Mexico," accessed August 6, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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