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New Mexico Ballot Proposal: Right to Keep and Bear Arms (1986)
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The New Mexico Ballot Proposal: Right to Keep and Bear Arms, also known as Constitutional Amendment No. 2, was on the ballot in New Mexico on November 4, 1986, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The ballot proposal prohibited municipalities and counties from regulating the right to keep and bear arms.[1]
Election results
| New Mexico Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1986) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 179,716 | 61.71% | ||
| No | 111517 | 38.29% | ||
Election results via: New Mexico Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2: Proposing to amend Article 2, Section 6 of the Constitution of New Mexico to prohibit the regulation by municipalities or counties of the right to keep and bear arms.[2] |
See also
- New Mexico 1986 ballot measures
- 1986 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 4, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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