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New Mexico Ballot Proposal: Creation of Board of County Commissioners (1988)
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The New Mexico Ballot Proposal: Creation of Board of County Commissioners, also known as Constitutional Amendment No. 7, was on the ballot in New Mexico on November 8, 1988, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The ballot proposal allowed for the creation of five-member boards of county commissioners and limited terms of county officials.[1]
Election results
| New Mexico Constitutional Amendment No. 7 (1988) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 230,390 | 65.05% | ||
| No | 123,799 | 34.95% | ||
Election results via: New Mexico Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 7: Proposing an amendment to Article 10, Section 7 of the Constitution of New Mexico to standardize county elections by granting counties the option of adopting five-member boards of county commissioners and by limiting terms of office of elected county officials in those counties.[2] |
See also
- New Mexico 1988 ballot measures
- 1988 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 5, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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