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New Mexico 2010 ballot measures

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Nine statewide ballot questions were approved for the November 2, 2010 ballot in the state of New Mexico.

Five measures on the ballot were legislatively-referred constitutional amendments.
Four measures on the ballot were general obligation bond questions.

1 On the ballot
2 Not on the ballot
3 Local ballot measures
4 Additional reading
5 See also

New Mexico Legislature ended session on February 18, 2010, at which time legislature could not refer anymore measures to the ballot.
Two statewide measures dealt with veterans in the state.

On the ballot

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Veterans	Permit the Establishment of a College Scholarship Program for New Mexico Military War Veterans	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Term limits	Extend term limits to New Mexico county officials	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	Elections and campaigns	Adopts federal requirements to vote, subject to state residency/registration requirements.	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	Exempts veterans' organization chartered by the United States Congress from property taxation.	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	State legislatures	Appointment of former members of the legislature to civil offices in the State.	d
LRSS	Bond Question A	Bond issues	General obligation bonds for for senior citizen facility improvements.	a
LRSS	Bond Question B	Bond issues	General obligation bonds for library acquisitions and capital improvements at public libraries.	a
LRSS	Bond Question C	Bond issues	General obligation bonds for public school facility improvements acquisitions.	a
LRSS	Bond Question D	Bond issues	General obligation bonds for capital improvements at institutions of higher education.	d

Not on the ballot

See also Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot

The following measures were not on the ballot:

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Health Care Freedom Act	Health care	Bar any regulations that force residents to participate in a health-care system.
LRCA	Term Limit Increase	Admin. of gov't	Allow officials in state counties to run for three consecutive terms

Local ballot measures

January 5 • March 2

Additional reading

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Other	Scorecard • Petition drive deadlines • Polls • Litigation (Lawsuits) • Potential measures • Tuesday Count • Changes in 2010 to laws governing ballot measures • Official voter guides • Petition signature costs • 2010 ballot measure campaign websites • Certified but removed • Media endorsements • Not on the ballot

Post-election	2010 analyses • 2010 election results • 2010 amendments to constitutions • Campaign contributions

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