N.M. Stat. Ann. § 1-16-7 – Ballot questions; form

A. The secretary of state shall by rule prescribe uniform guidelines for a state or local ballot question to appear on the ballot.
B. For a proposed constitutional amendment, the form of the ballot question shall include the full title of the joint resolution proposing the constitutional amendment and the constitutional amendment number assigned to the joint resolution by the secretary of state.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-16-6.1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, § 96; 1981, ch. 146, § 3; 2019, ch. 212, § 137.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, required the secretary of state to prescribe uniform guidelines for state and local ballot questions; in the section heading, deleted "State constitutional amendments", and added "questions"; in Subsection A, after "shall", added "by rule", after "prescribe", deleted "the form in which state constitutional amendments shall" and added "uniform guidelines for a state or local ballot question to"; and in Subsection B, added "For a proposed constitutional amendment, the", and after "form", added "of the ballot question", and deleted the last sentence of the subsection, which authorized the secretary of state to provide an analysis of the proposed constitutional amendment.