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New Mexico Referendum: Executive Officer Terms (1970)
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The New Mexico Referendum: Executive Officer Terms, also known as Constitutional Amendment No. 3, was on the ballot in New Mexico on November 3, 1970, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The referendum amended Article 5, Section 1 of the Constitution of New Mexico. The section dealt with the terms of state executive officers.[1]
Election results
| New Mexico Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1970) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 79,722 | 57.29% | ||
| No | 59,426 | 42.71% | ||
Election results via: New Mexico Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Proposing an amendment to Article 5, Section 1 of the constitution of New Mexico pertaining to State Executive Officers and their terms of office.[2] |
See also
- New Mexico 1970 ballot measures
- 1970 ballot measures
- List of New Mexico ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in New Mexico
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "Part 43: Referenda Elections for New Mexico," accessed July 24, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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