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New Mexico Referendum: Jurors Required for Cases (1972)
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The New Mexico Referendum: Jurors Required for Cases, also known as Amendment No. 3, was on the ballot in New Mexico on November 7, 1972, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The referendum would have reduced the number of jurors required for a case down to six.[1]
Election results
| New Mexico Amendment No. 3 (1972) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 128595 | 60.63% | ||
| Yes | 83,489 | 39.37% | ||
Election results via: New Mexico Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Proposing an amendment to Article 2, Section 12 of the New Mexico Constitution to reduce the number of required jurors to six for all cases.[2] |
See also
- New Mexico 1972 ballot measures
- 1972 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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