New Mexico Constitutional Amendment 1 — Veto messages; unsigned bills become law (eliminates pocket veto)
Ballot measure · November 3, 2026
- What it does
- PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 4, SECTION 22 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO REQUIRE THE GOVERNOR TO PROVIDE VETO MESSAGES ON ALL BILLS VETOED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AND TO PROVIDE THAT ALL BILLS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND NOT ACTED ON BY THE GOVERNOR WILL BECOME LAW.
- A YES vote means
- A 'for' vote requires the governor to explain every veto and makes bills the governor does not act on in time become law, ending the pocket veto.
- A NO vote means
- An 'against' vote keeps the current rules, under which bills not signed after the session ends are pocket-vetoed and veto messages are not required for all vetoes.
- Needed to pass
- A simple majority
- Put on the ballot by
- the Legislature
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