New Mexico Runoff Elections Amendment (2020)
| New Mexico Runoff Elections Amendment | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The New Mexico Runoff Elections Amendment was not on the ballot in New Mexico as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have authorized the New Mexico State Legislature to pass legislation providing for runoff elections.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article IV, New Mexico Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 5 of Article VII of the New Mexico Constitution.[1]
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New Mexico Constitution
In New Mexico, both chambers of the New Mexico State Legislature need to approve a constitutional amendment by a simple majority during one legislative session to refer the amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
Rep. William Pratt (D-27) and Rep. Derrick J. Lente (D-65) sponsored the constitutional amendment as House Joint Resolution 6 (HJR 6) during the 2019 legislative session.
On March 8, 2019, the New Mexico House of Representatives approved HJR 6, with 41 members supporting the amendment, 24 members opposing the amendment, and five members not voting. HJR 6 did not come up for a vote in the state Senate during the 2019 legislative session.[1]
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