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Our call — vote NO
The measure
Bond Question 2 is a legislatively referred bond measure under House Bill 248. It would authorize up to $20 million (nineteen million three hundred twenty-four thousand dollars in the act's stated figure, per the ballot summary) in general obligation bonds for academic, public school, tribal, and public library resource acquisitions, funded by a statewide property tax.
What YES does
A YES vote authorizes the library acquisition bonds — books and resources for public, school, academic, and tribal libraries — repaid from statewide property taxes.
What NO does
A NO vote declines the borrowing and leaves library acquisitions to annual appropriations and local library budgets.
The math
The authorized principal is up to $20 million, as published by Ballotpedia. No total repayment figure including interest was published in the sources consulted; repayment from the statewide property tax will exceed the principal.
OUR CALL
Our call: NO.
Books wear out and collections renew every year — that is an operating expense, and borrowing long-term to buy consumable resources is how states disguise ordinary spending as investment. Libraries deserve honest annual funding in the open, not a property-tax bond whose interest buys no books at all.
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Sources: Ballotpedia, New Mexico Bond Question 2, Library Acquisition Bond Issue (2026).
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.