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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) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 138,393 | 56.24% | ||
| Yes | 107,676 | 43.76% | ||
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] |
See also
- New Mexico 1980 ballot measures
- 1980 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 28, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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