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)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No12859560.63%
Yes83,48939.37%

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]

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Footnotes

  1. Ballotpedia, "Part 43: Referenda Elections for New Mexico," accessed July 24, 2015
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.