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New Hampshire Legislative Mileage Payments Amendment (1972)

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The New Hampshire Legislative Mileage Payments Amendment was on the ballot in New Hampshire on November 7, 1972, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. It proposed to limit legislators' mileage payments to 90 days per two year session.[1]

Election results

New Hampshire Legislative Mileage Payment (1972)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No110,37738.91%
Yes173,28161.09%

Election results via: Manual for the General Court 1973

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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