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New Hampshire Presidential Primary Amendment (2024)
| New Hampshire Presidential Primary Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The New Hampshire Presidential Primary Amendment was not on the ballot in New Hampshire as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
The amendment would have provided that the New Hampshire presidential primary would be the first presidential primary of a presidential election cycle, requiring that the New Hampshire presidential primary election be held at least seven days before any other state's presidential primary election.[1]
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The full text of the ballot measure is available here.
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Amending the New Hampshire Constitution
- See also: Amending the New Hampshire Constitution
In New Hampshire, a 60 percent vote in each house of the New Hampshire General Court is needed during one legislative session to refer a legislatively referred constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
For 2024 constitutional amendments, a minimum of 201 votes were required in the House and 13 votes were required in the Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Stages of this ballot measure
The ballot measure was introduced as Constitutional Amendment 9 to the New Hampshire State Senate on January 19, 2023. It was approved by the New Hampshire State Senate on March 30, 2023, by a 23-0 vote.[2]
On January 3, 2024, a new version of the amendment (Constitutional Amendment 22) was introduced in the Senate.[3]
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