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Followed a few links to find this recent change to the New Mexico state constitution. What are the politics behind this? > PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 4,
by aftbit 5y ago
Followed a few links to find this recent change to the New Mexico state constitution. What are the politics behind this?
> PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 4, SECTION 1 OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO PROVIDE THAT A LAW ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE MAY BE REPEALED BY RESOLUTIONS OF THREE-FOURTHS OF
THE COUNTIES IN THE STATE EXPRESSING OBJECTION TO THE LAW AND
ASSENTING TO ITS REPEAL.
https://nmlegis.gov/sessions/21%20regular/bills/senate/prefile/219047.1.pdf https://nmlegis.gov/sessions/21%20regular/bills/senate/prefi...
- notreallyserio 5y agoIt seems to put counties above people, akin to the federal electoral college, senate, and allocation of representatives. So, at the very least, it is antidemocratic. There are 33 counties in NM. The smallest 75% of counties have 572,637 residents, about 27% of the overall state[0]. So, it's pretty bad if you care about representative democracies. 0: https://www.newmexico-demographics.com/counties_by_population https://www.newmexico-demographics.com/counties_by_populatio...