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New Mexico Constitutional Amendment 1

Veto messages and bills the governor doesn't act on. 2026 results by county, from New Mexico's official results file: Yes 75.1%, No 24.9% statewide.

Statewide

On the ballot: 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
If this proposed amendment is approved by voters, a bill presented to the governor during the last three days of the session would by default become law if the governor does not issue a veto message within 20 days after the legislature's adjournment.
Yes 75.1% No 24.9%

497,904 yes and 165,277 no.

The Secretary of State's voter guide, page 7 · The Secretary of State's text of the statewide questions · The state's unofficial results

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

33 counties: Yes has the most votes in 33. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Bernalillo County75.7%24.3%227,081
Catron County66.6%33.4%1,753
Chaves County68.4%31.6%14,425
Cibola County71.8%28.2%6,712
Colfax County72.7%27.3%4,428
Curry County72.2%27.8%9,737
De Baca County65.3%34.7%654
Doña Ana County77.8%22.2%62,633
Eddy County68.8%31.2%14,828
Grant County75.6%24.4%10,586
Guadalupe County71.5%28.5%1,296
Harding County70.6%29.4%327
Hidalgo County74.8%25.2%1,232
Lea County67.4%32.6%12,190
Lincoln County71.2%28.8%6,985
Los Alamos County71.5%28.5%9,293
Luna County73.9%26.1%5,489
McKinley County74.4%25.6%18,243
Mora County67.3%32.7%1,833
Otero County70.7%29.3%16,132
Quay County70.6%29.4%2,587
Rio Arriba County75.8%24.2%11,298
Roosevelt County71.9%28.1%4,447
San Juan County70.3%29.7%33,541
San Miguel County74.3%25.7%8,185
Sandoval County75.2%24.8%59,989
Santa Fe County82.5%17.5%64,731
Sierra County72.9%27.1%4,356
Socorro County73.1%26.9%5,199
Taos County80.6%19.4%12,276
Torrance County67.5%32.5%5,082
Union County71.1%28.9%1,166
Valencia County70.9%29.1%24,467

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

New Mexico's official results, these figures first read Nov 12, 11:27 AM. Unofficial until certified. New Mexico's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.