Constitutional Amendments and Bond Questions

Every New Mexico voter decides these 7. Each page has the official ballot title word for word, what a yes or no vote does, and links to the full text.

• Constitutional Amendment 1 Governor must explain vetoes; bills the governor ignores become lawmajority to pass

  Biggest change: A bill the governor does not sign or veto within 20 days after the session would become law instead of dying..

• Constitutional Amendment 2 Let school elections be held with November general electionsmajority to pass

  Biggest change: Deletes the constitution's requirement that school elections be held separately from partisan elections..

• Constitutional Amendment 3 Nominating committees for university regentsmajority to pass

  Biggest change: Creates a nominating committee for each of the 10 institutions; no more than half of a committee's members may be from one party..

• Constitutional Amendment 4 Pay state lawmakers a salary tied to median household incomemajority to pass

  Biggest change: Each legislator would be paid an amount equal to New Mexico's annual median household income, starting in 2029..

• Bond Question 1 Senior citizen facilities: up to $21,582,213majority to pass

  Biggest change: Authorizes up to $21,582,213 in general obligation bonds for improving, building and equipping senior citizen facilities, plus a property tax levy to repay them..

• Bond Question 2 Libraries: up to $19,324,188majority to pass

  Biggest change: Authorizes up to $19,324,188 in general obligation bonds for buying library resources for academic, public school, public and tribal libraries, plus a property tax levy to repay them..

• Bond Question 3 Higher education, special and tribal schools: up to $352,225,379majority to pass

  Biggest change: Authorizes up to $352,225,379 in general obligation bonds for capital improvements and purchases for higher education, special schools and tribal schools, plus a property tax levy to repay them..

The Legislature put four constitutional amendments and three bond questions on the ballot. The four amendments each pass with a simple majority of the votes cast on them (2026 Voter Guide, General Information, printed page 5 ↗), and each bond question needs a majority of the votes cast on it (HB 248, 2026, Section 11 ↗). Source: Secretary of State: 2026 constitutional amendments and statewide bond questions (PDF) ↗.