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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 3

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Teresa A. Zanetti

A JOINT RESOLUTION

PROPOSING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO PROVIDE

THAT A REGULAR ELECTION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A POPULATION

GREATER THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND SHALL BE HELD IN

CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL ELECTION.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article 7, Section 1

of the constitution of New Mexico to read:

"A.

Every citizen of the United States, who is over

the age of twenty-one years, and has resided in New Mexico

twelve months, in the county ninety days, and in the precinct

in which he offers to vote thirty days, next preceding the

election, except idiots, insane persons and persons convicted

of a felonious or infamous crime unless restored to political

rights, shall be qualified to vote at all elections for public

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officers. The legislature may enact laws providing for

absentee voting by qualified electors.

B.

All school elections shall be held at different

times from other elections, except that, after January 1, 2010,

a regular election of a school district with a population, as

shown by the most recent decennial census, greater than three

hundred thousand shall be held in conjunction with a general

election. Prior to the general election of 2010, the

legislature shall enact such laws as are necessary to

effectuate the provisions of this subsection.

C.

The legislature shall have the power to require

the registration of the qualified electors as a requisite for

voting, and shall regulate the manner, time and places of

voting. The legislature shall enact such laws as will secure

the secrecy of the ballot, the purity of elections and guard

against the abuse of elective franchise. Not more than two

members of the board of registration, and not more than two

judges of election shall belong to the same political party at

the time of their appointment."

Section 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution

shall be submitted to the people for their approval or

rejection at the next general election or at any special

election prior to that date that may be called for that

purpose.

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