New Mexico Referendum: Judicial Appointment and Tenure (1982)

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The New Mexico Referendum: Judicial Appointment and Tenure, also known as Constitutional Amendment No. 1, 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 changes to be made to New Mexico Constitution that provided for judicial selection and tenure.[1]

Election results

New Mexico Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1982)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No139,64354.28%
Yes117,60145.72%

Election results via: New Mexico Secretary of State

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

Proposing an amendment to Articles 6 & 20 of the Constitution of New Mexico to provide for Judicial selection by appointment and for Judicial tenure amending Section 12, 14, 16, and 28 of Article 6, Section 4 or Article 20 repealing Section 4 & 10 of Article 6; adding new Section 4 & 33 through 36 of Article 6.[2]

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Footnotes

  1. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, "Part 43: Referenda Elections for New Mexico," accessed August 4, 2015
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.