2024 NM Constitutional Amendment & bond Issues

New Mexico will have 3 Constitutional Amendments, 4 Bond Issues, and 1 Judicial Nomination Commission

Amendment on the November 5, 2024 ballot. Learn more about each below.

Constitutional Amendments

Constitutional Amendment 1

Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption

Summary: Proportionally applies the disabled veteran property tax exemption according to a veteran’s disability rating.

What if you vote YES? You support amending the state constitution to extend the disabled veteran property tax exemption to all disabled veterans (or their widows or widowers) in proportion to their federal disability rating.

What if you vote NO? You oppose amending the state constitution to extend the disabled veteran property tax exemption to all disabled veterans (or their widows or widows) in proportion to their federal disability rating, thereby maintaining that the exemption only applies to veterans with a federal disability rating of 100%.

Constitutional Amendment 2

Increase Veteran Property Tax Exemption

Summary: Increases the property tax exemption for veterans from $4,000 to $10,000, adjusted annually for inflation.

What if you vote YES? You support amending the state constitution to increase the property tax exemption for veterans from $4,000 to $10,000 and adjust it annually for inflation.

What if you vote NO? You oppose amending the state constitution to increase the property tax exemption for veterans from $4,000 to $10,000.

Constitutional Amendment 3

Allowing the Dean of the UNM School of Law to appoint a designee to the Judicial Nominating Commission.

Summary: Authorizes the dean of the University of New Mexico Law School to appoint a designee to chair the judicial nomination commission.

What if you vote YES? You support authorizing a designee of the dean of the University of New Mexico Law School to serve as chair of the judicial nomination commission and requiring the designee to be an associate dean, a faculty member, a retired faculty member, or a former dean of the law school.

What if you vote NO? You oppose authorizing a designee of the dean of the University of New Mexico Law School to serve as chair of the judicial nomination commission and requiring the designee to be an associate dean, a faculty member, a retired faculty member, or a former dean of the law school.

Constitutional Amendment 4

NM County Officer Salaries

Summary: Authorizes the board of county commissioners to set county officer salaries rather than the state legislature.

What if you vote YES? You support amending the state constitution to authorize the board of county commissioners to set salaries for county officers and clarify that fees collected by the county are to be deposited into the county treasury.

What if you vote NO? You oppose amending the state constitution to authorize the board of county commissioners to set salaries for county officers, thereby maintaining that the state legislature sets the salaries of county officers.

Bond Issues

NM Public Safety Radio Comm. Systems Bond

Summary: Issues $10,297,100 in bonds to modernize public safety radio communications systems.

NM Public Education Bond

Summary: Issues $230,258,400 in bonds to fund public higher education institutions, special public schools, and tribal schools

NM Senior Citizens Facilities Bond

Summary: Issues $30,758,100 in bonds to fund senior citizens facilities.

NM Public Libraries Bond

Summary: Issues $19,305,000 in bonds to fund public libraries.