Bill > SJR1

This Joint Resolution proposes to amend the New Mexico Constitution to change how primary and general elections are conducted for state, legislative, and U.S. Congressional offices. Specifically, it would require primary elections to be "nonpartisan open primary elections," meaning any registered voter, regardless of party affiliation, can vote in any party's primary, and all candidates appear on a single ballot. The top four vote-getters from this primary would then advance to the general election. For the general election, the resolution mandates "instant runoffs," a system where voters rank their choices, and if no candidate wins a majority of first-choice votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and their votes are redistributed to the voters' next ranked choice, repeating this process until a candidate secures a majority.