New Hampshire Gender-Neutral Language Amendment (1998)
The New Hampshire Gender Neutral Language Amendment, also known as Question 2, was on the ballot in New Hampshire on November 3, 1998, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. It proposed to make the constitution more inclusive by incorporating gender-neutral terms when referring to the governor and others.[1]
Election results
| New Hampshire Question 2 (1998) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 121,441 | 43.26% | ||
| Yes | 159,308 | 56.74% | ||
Election results via: Manual for the General Court 1999
Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because New Hampshire requires that an amendment receive greater than two-thirds of the vote to be approved.
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