New Mexico Eliminate Term Limits for County Officials, Question 2 (2000)
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New Mexico Amendment 2, also known as Eliminate term limits for county elected officials, was on the November 7, 2000 election ballot in New Mexico. It was defeated, with 27% of voters in favor.
Amendment 2 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
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The language that appeared on the ballot:
Constitutional Amendment 2 eliminates term limits for county elected officials. The current constitutional provision prohibits elected county officials from seeking any county office after two four-year terms but allows them to seek county office again after a two-year layoff. This amendment would remove all restrictions. If adopted, elected county officials could seek and be elected to an unlimited number of terms, consecutive or otherwise.
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