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New Hampshire Judges' Salaries Amendment (1978)
The New Hampshire Judges' Salaries Amendment was on the ballot in New Hampshire on November 7, 1978, as a constitutional convention referral. It was defeated. This amendment proposed that the salaries of judges in the superior and supreme courts may not be lowered during their time in office.[1]
Election results
| New Hampshire Judges' Salaries (1978) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 91,014 | 40.48% | ||
| Yes | 133,806 | 59.52% | ||
Election results via: Manual for the General Court 1979
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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