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| 28 | 28 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | TH LEGISLATURE |
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| 31 | 31 | | - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - |
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| 32 | 32 | | FIRST SESSION |
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| 33 | 33 | | , 2025 |
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| 34 | 34 | | INTRODUCED BY |
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| 35 | 35 | | Linda M. Trujillo and Gail Armstrong and David M. Gallegos |
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| 36 | 36 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 37 | 37 | | PROPOSING TO AMEND ARTICLE 7, SECTION 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF |
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| 38 | 38 | | NEW MEXICO TO PERMIT SCHOOL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD AT THE SAME |
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| 39 | 39 | | TIME AS PARTISAN ELECTIONS. |
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| 40 | 40 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 1. It is proposed to amend Article 7, Section 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of the constitution of New Mexico to read: |
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| 43 | 43 | | "A. Every person who is a qualified elector |
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| 44 | 44 | | pursuant to the constitution and laws of the United States and |
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| 45 | 45 | | a citizen thereof shall be qualified to vote in all elections |
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| 46 | 46 | | in New Mexico, subject to residency and registration |
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| 47 | 47 | | requirements provided by law, except as restricted by statute |
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| 48 | 48 | | either by reason of criminal conviction for a felony or by |
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| 49 | 49 | | reason of mental incapacity, being limited only to those |
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| 50 | 50 | | persons who are unable to mark their ballot and who are |
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| 78 | 78 | | concurrently also unable to communicate their voting |
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| 79 | 79 | | preference. The legislature may enact laws providing for |
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| 80 | 80 | | absentee voting by qualified electors. [All school elections |
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| 81 | 81 | | shall be held at different times from partisan elections. ] |
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| 82 | 82 | | B. The legislature shall have the power to require |
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| 83 | 83 | | the registration of the qualified electors as a requisite for |
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| 84 | 84 | | voting and shall regulate the manner, time and places of |
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| 85 | 85 | | voting. The legislature shall enact such laws as will secure |
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| 86 | 86 | | the secrecy of the ballot and the purity of elections and guard |
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| 87 | 87 | | against the abuse of elective franchise. Not more than two |
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| 88 | 88 | | members of the board of registration and not more than two |
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| 89 | 89 | | judges of election shall belong to the same political party at |
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| 90 | 90 | | the time of their appointment." |
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| 91 | 91 | | SECTION 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution |
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| 92 | 92 | | shall be submitted to the people for their approval or |
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| 93 | 93 | | rejection at the next general election or at any special |
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| 94 | 94 | | election prior to that date that may be called for that |
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| 95 | 95 | | purpose. |
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