New Mexico Referendum: Requirements to Require a Grand Jury (1980)
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TheNew Mexico Referendum: Requirements to Require a Grand Jury, also known asConstitutional Amendment No. 5, was on the ballot inNew Mexico onNovember 4, 1980, as alegislatively referred constitutional amendment. It wasapproved. The referendum changed the number of signatures needed to require a convention of a grand jury.[1]
Election results
| New Mexico Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1980) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 aYes | 124,996 | 53.63% | ||
| No | 108,056 | 46.37% | ||
Election results via:New Mexico Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Proposing an amendment to Article 2, Section 14 of the Constitution of New Mexico to change the required number of signatures needed to petition to require the convention of a grand jury.[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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