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November 3, 2026 On the 2026 Ballot

New Mexico Eliminate Governor's Pocket Veto and Require Veto Explanations Amendment (Nov 2026)

Statewide — All New Mexico Voters

What The Amendment Does

How It Got On The Ballot

Who Supports This

Who Opposes This

RESOLUTE Citizen Analysis

This is a check-and-balance question more than a partisan one — the unanimous votes show it. A pocket veto lets an executive kill a bill by simply sitting on it, with no public reason given; ending it forces the decision into the open and makes the governor own a veto in writing. For a citizen who values government that answers for what it does, that transparency cuts in a healthy direction. The practical stakes are modest — it changes process, not policy — but keeping the lines of accountability clean is itself a public good.

"For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad."

— Mark 4:22 (KJV)

Sources & Resources

Ballotpedia News — New Mexico voters will decide whether to eliminate gubernatorial pocket veto power in 2026 (Mar 19, 2025)Ballotpedia — New Mexico Eliminate Governor's Pocket Veto and Require Veto Explanations Amendment (2026)