New Mexico Referendum: Number of School Board Members in Large Districts (1980)

## Contents

* 1 Election results
* 2 Text of measure
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

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The New Mexico Referendum: Number of School Board Members in Large Districts, also known as Constitutional Amendment No. 2, was on the ballot in New Mexico on November 4, 1980, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The referendum allowed for large school districts to have seven elected school board members.[1]

## Election results[edit]

New Mexico Constitutional Amendment No. 2 (1980)

Result| Votes| Percentage
a Yes| 147,035| 60.65%
No| 95,385| 39.35%

Election results via: New Mexico Secretary of State

## Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

| Proposing an amendment to Article 12 of the Constitution of New Mexico by adding a new Section 15 to permit certain large school districts to have seven school board members elected by districts.[2]

## See also[edit]

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* New Mexico 1980 ballot measures
* 1980 ballot measures
* List of New Mexico ballot measures
* History of Initiative & Referendum in New Mexico

## External links[edit]

* New Mexico Secretary of State

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Part 43: Referenda Elections for New Mexico," accessed July 28, 2015
2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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