New Mexico Amendment 3: University regent nominations
New Mexico · Constitutional amendment · Education · Statewide decision
Explanation reviewed 2026-10-27. AI-written and checked against linked official evidence; not an election-office summary.
AI-written summary
Would require regent nominating committees to supply candidates for nonstudent appointments and elected student bodies to nominate student regents. Nonstudent nominees could not have changed party registration during the preceding twelve months.
What applies now
The governor appoints regents under current constitutional rules without the proposed nominating-list process.
If yes / for
Adopt the nomination and party-registration rules.
If no / against
Keep the existing appointment process.
Costs and funding
No verified fiscal estimate recorded in this baseline. This does not mean there is no cost.
Timing
Implementation date not independently established in this baseline.
Passage rule
Threshold not independently established here; consult the official text.