Referendum petitions; who may sign

Any person who is a qualified elector of New Mexico and who disapproves any law not excepted by the constitution of New Mexico may sign a referendum petition in his own proper handwriting, and not otherwise, to order a referendum vote upon a law enacted at the last preceding session of the legislature. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-17-1, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 386.