New Hampshire Civil Case Jury Trial Threshold Amount Amendment (1984)
The New Hampshire Civil Case Jury Trial Threshold Amount Amendment, also known as Question 8, was on the ballot in New Hampshire on November 6, 1984, as a constitutional convention referral. It was defeated. This amendment proposed to raise the threshold needed to have a jury trial in a civil case from $500 to $5,000.[1]
Election results
| New Hampshire Civil Case Jury Trial Amount (1984) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 121,222 | 35.77% | ||
| Yes | 217,717 | 64.23% | ||
Election results via: Manual for the General Court 1985
Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because New Hampshire requires that an amendment receives greater than two-thirds of the vote to be approved.
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