New Hampshire Election of Governor, Question 4 (1970)
The New Hampshire Election of Governor Amendment, also known as Question 4, was on the ballot in New Hampshire on November 3, 1970, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. It proposed to have an election for governor every four years in non-presidential election years beginning in 1974. It also proposed that a person be limited to two terms as governor.[1]
Election results
| New Hampshire Question 4 (1970) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 81,479 | 41.81% | ||
| Yes | 113,401 | 58.19% | ||
Election results via: Manual for the General Court 1971
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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