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New Mexico Referendum: State Executive Officers Term Limits (1980)

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The New Mexico Referendum: State Executive Officers Term Limits, also known as Constitutional Amendment No. 4, was on the ballot in New Mexico on November 4, 1980, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The referendum would have allowed for state executive officers to serve two consecutive four-year terms in office.[1]

Election results

New Mexico Constitutional Amendment No. 4 (1980)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No138,39356.24%
Yes107,67643.76%

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 to allow state executive officers to serve two consecutive four-year terms in a state office, excluding incumbents.[2]

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Footnotes

  1. Ballotpedia, "Part 43: Referenda Elections for New Mexico," accessed July 28, 2015
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.