New Mexico Independent Redistricting Commission Amendment (2016)

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Independent Redistricting Commission Amendment
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TypeAmendment
OriginLegislature
TopicRedistricting measures
StatusNot on the ballot

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The New Mexico Independent Redistricting Commission Amendment did not appear on the November 8, 2016 ballot in New Mexico as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have created an independent redistricting commission with the power to redistrict congressional districts, state legislative districts and other state districted offices.[1]

The commission would have consisted of five commissioners, of which no more than two shall be registered with the same political party.

Support

The amendment was sponsored in the New Mexico Legislature by Sen. Bill B. O'Neill (D-13) and Rep. Carl Trujillo (D-46).[1]

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the New Mexico Constitution

According to Article XIX of the New Mexico Constitution, a simple majority is required in the legislature to refer the amendment to the ballot.

The 2015 legislative session ended on March 21, 2015, without the legislature referring the amendment to the ballot.[2] However, legislators reintroduced the amendment as House Joint Resolution 1 during the 2016 legislative session on December 23, 2015. Legislators failed to refer the measure to the ballot as of the end of the 2016 session on February 18, 2016.[3]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Mexico Legislature, "Senate Joint Resolution 1," accessed February 20, 2015
  2. ↑ KOAT, "New Mexico legislative session ends," March 22, 2015
  3. ↑ New Mexico Legislature, "House Joint Resolution 1 History," accessed January 20, 2016
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