A legislator is proposing that New Mexico voters change the state constitution to prohibit governors from killing legislation through pocket vetoes. Pocket vetoes occur when bills approved by the Legislature die when a governor doesn't act on a bill by the deadline for signings or vetoes after a legislative session concludes. Democratic Sen. Jacob Candelaria of Albuquerque says his proposal would correct a situation in which too much power is vested in one branch of government.
