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New Mexico Referendum: County Sheriffs' Term Limits (1982)
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The New Mexico Referendum: County Sheriffs' Term Limits, also known as Constitutional Amendment No. 4, was on the ballot in New Mexico on November 2, 1982, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The referendum would have allowed for county sheriffs to serve as many two-year terms to which they were elected.[1]
Election results
| New Mexico Constitutional Amendment No. 4 (1982) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 142,871 | 56.59% | ||
| Yes | 109,611 | 43.41% | ||
Election results via: New Mexico Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Proposing an amendment to Article 10, Section 2 of the Constitution of New Mexico to allow county sheriffs to serve unlimited two-year terms.[2] |
See also
- New Mexico 1982 ballot measures
- 1982 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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