0001|                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                              TED HOBBS
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0010|                          A JOINT RESOLUTION
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0011|     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 7 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW
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0012|     MEXICO TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO CONDUCT RUNOFF ELECTIONS.
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0014|     BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  It is proposed to amend Article 7, Section 5
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0016|     of the constitution of New Mexico to read:
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0017|               "<u>A.</u>  All elections shall be by ballot <s>[and]</s>. 
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0018|     The person who receives the highest number of votes for any
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0019|     office, <u>except as provided in Subsection B of this section,
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<u></u>0020| <u>    and</u> except in the cases of the offices of governor and
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0021|     lieutenant governor, shall be declared elected <s>[thereto]</s> <u>to
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<u></u>0022| <u>    that office</u>.  The joint candidates receiving the highest
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0023|     number of votes for the offices of governor and lieutenant
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0024|     governor shall be declared elected to those offices.
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0025|               <u>B.  A municipality may, by ordinance, provide for
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<u></u>0001| <u>    runoff elections.</u>"
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0002|          Section 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution
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0003|     shall be submitted to the people for their approval or
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0004|     rejection at the next general election or at any special
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0005|     election prior to that date which may be called for that
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0006|     purpose.
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