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Note: New Hampshire constitutional amendments require a YES vote of 66.7% in order to pass.

2004 - StatewideAre you in favor of repealing and reenacting part II, article 73-a of the constitution in order to clarify that both the judiciary and legislature have the authority to regulate court practices and procedures and to resolve potential conflicts that may arise so that it reads as follows:

"[Art.] 73-a. [Court Practices and Procedures.] The chief justice of the supreme court shall be the administrative head of all the courts in the state. The chief justice shall have the power, with the concurrence of a majority of the other supreme court justices, to make rules of general application regulating court administration and the practice, procedure, and admissibility of evidence, in all courts in the state. The legislature shall have a concurrent power to regulate the same matters by statutes of general application, except that such legislative enactments may not abridge the judiciary's necessary adjudicatory functions. In the event of a conflict between a rule promulgated by the judiciary and a statute enacted by the legislature, the statute, if not otherwise contrary to this constitution shall prevail over the rule."

(This question is submitted to the voters by the 2004 Legislature on votes of 256 to 69 in the House of Representatives and 18 to 6 in the Senate. CACR 5)

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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
271,091
205,589
0 476,680
Alton
 
1,423
794
0
2,217
Barnstead
 
942
732
0
1,674
Belmont
 
1,345
967
0
2,312
Center Harbor
 
392
163
0
555
Gilford
 
2,294
1,111
0
3,405
Gilmanton
 
784
681
0
1,465
Laconia More »
 
3,565
2,135
0
5,700
Meredith
 
1,711
915
0
2,626
New Hampton
 
513
389
0
902
Sanbornton
 
702
558
0
1,260
Tilton
 
737
499
0
1,236
Albany
 
139
133
0
272
Bartlett
 
800
708
0
1,508
Brookfield
 
195
148
0
343
Chatham
 
77
70
0
147
Conway
 
1,940
1,870
0
3,810
Eaton
 
99
105
0
204
Effingham
 
287
274
0
561
Freedom
 
427
330
0
757
Hale's Location
 
52
27
0
79
Hart's Location
 
7
19
0
26
Jackson
 
306
218
0
524
Madison
 
513
517
0
1,030
Moultonborough
 
1,653
658
0
2,311
Ossipee
 
881
701
0
1,582
Sandwich
 
430
342
0
772
Tamworth
 
495
631
0
1,126
Tuftonboro
 
757
449
0
1,206
Wakefield
 
1,189
723
0
1,912
Wolfeboro
 
1,903
1,160
0
3,063
Alstead
 
424
377
0
801
Chesterfield
 
826
674
0
1,500
Dublin
 
430
392
0
822
Fitzwilliam
 
506
410
0
916
Gilsum
 
170
140
0
310
Harrisville
 
248
277
0
525
Hinsdale
 
730
508
0
1,238
Jaffrey
 
1,285
896
0
2,181
Keene More »
 
4,615
3,381
0
7,996
Marlborough
 
442
379
0
821
Marlow
 
184
154
0
338
Nelson
 
162
140
0
302
Richmond
 
315
194
0
509
Rindge
 
1,355
934
0
2,289
Roxbury
 
50
55
0
105
Stoddard
 
277
207
0
484
Sullivan
 
142
138
0
280
Surry
 
198
154
0
352
Swanzey
 
1,404
994
0
2,398
Troy
 
460
322
0
782
Walpole
 
859
696
0
1,555
Westmoreland
 
360
373
0
733
Winchester
 
774
604
0
1,378
Berlin More »
 
1,945
1,384
0
3,329
Carroll
 
253
157
0
410
Clarksville
 
64
29
0
93
Colebrook
 
381
216
0
597
Columbia
 
147
80
0
227
Dalton
 
207
162
0
369
Dummer
 
68
65
0
133
Errol
 
85
47
0
132
Gorham
 
670
480
0
1,150
Jefferson
 
247
195
0
442
Lancaster
 
716
551
0
1,267
Milan
 
295
224
0
519
Northumberland
 
418
330
0
748
Pittsburg
 
229
107
0
336
Randolph
 
105
102
0
207
Shelburne
 
139
77
0
216
Stark
 
98
94
0
192
Stewartstown
 
168
97
0
265
Stratford
 
141
120
0
261
Whitefield
 
459
321
0
780
Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant
 
0
0
0
0
Bean's Grant
 
0
0
0
0
Bean's Purchase
 
0
0
0
0
Cambridge
 
1
1
0
2
Chandler's Purchase
 
0
0
0
0
Crawford's Purchase
 
0
0
0
0
Cutt's Grant
 
0
0
0
0
Dix's Grant
 
0
0
0
0
Dixville
 
9
9
0
18
Erving's Location
 
0
0
0
0
Green's Grant
 
3
0
0
3
Hadley's Purchase
 
0
0
0
0
Kilkenny
 
0
0
0
0
Low and Burbank's Grant
 
0
0
0
0
Martin's Location
 
0
0
0
0
Millsfield
 
6
7
0
13
Odell
 
0
0
0
0
Pinkham's Grant
 
8
4
0
12
Sargent's Purchase
 
0
0
0
0
Second College Grant
 
0
0
0
0
Success
 
0
0
0
0
Thompson and Meserve's Purchase
 
0
0
0
0
Wentworth's Location
 
14
7
0
21
Alexandria
 
380
265
0
645
Ashland
 
450
325
0
775
Bath
 
183
156
0
339
Benton
 
80
42
0
122
Bethlehem
 
627
427
0
1,054
Bridgewater
 
262
190
0
452
Bristol
 
728
480
0
1,208
Campton
 
655
551
0
1,206
Canaan
 
517
716
0
1,233
Dorchester
 
76
71
0
147
Easton
 
84
59
0
143
Ellsworth
 
23
16
0
39
Enfield
 
952
833
0
1,785
Franconia
 
328
213
0
541
Grafton
 
212
276
0
488
Groton
 
101
113
0
214
Hanover
 
1,824
2,557
0
4,381
Haverhill
 
806
544
0
1,350
Hebron
 
196
125
0
321
Holderness
 
502
404
0
906
Landaff
 
99
69
0
168
Lebanon More »
 
2,095
2,504
0
4,599
Lincoln
 
376
193
0
569
Lisbon
 
307
217
0
524
Littleton
 
1,348
850
0
2,198
Lyman
 
116
96
0
212
Lyme
 
286
596
0
882
Monroe
 
224
123
0
347
Orange
 
59
72
0
131
Orford
 
187
318
0
505
Piermont
 
172
132
0
304
Plymouth
 
1,212
1,374
0
2,586
Rumney
 
376
373
0
749
Sugar Hill
 
184
108
0
292
Thornton
 
492
411
0
903
Warren
 
189
138
0
327
Waterville Valley
 
95
54
0
149
Wentworth
 
187
159
0
346
Woodstock
 
296
207
0
503
Amherst
 
3,058
2,293
0
5,351
Antrim
 
625
471
0
1,096
Bedford
 
4,802
2,899
0
7,701
Bennington
 
308
263
0
571
Brookline
 
1,163
839
0
2,002
Deering
 
409
347
0
756
Francestown
 
471
358
0
829
Goffstown
 
4,088
2,513
0
6,601
Greenfield
 
335
294
0
629
Greenville
 
404
286
0
690
Hancock
 
471
464
0
935
Hillsborough
 
1,128
935
0
2,063
Hollis
 
1,972
1,671
0
3,643
Hudson
 
4,297
2,877
0
7,174
Litchfield
 
1,613
1,118
0
2,731
Lyndeborough
 
371
346
0
717
Manchester More »
 
21,134
12,389
0
33,523
Mason
 
376
260
0
636
Merrimack
 
6,619
3,901
0
10,520
Milford
 
2,818
2,581
0
5,399
Mont Vernon
 
611
449
0
1,060
Nashua More »
 
14,949
11,854
0
26,803
New Boston
 
1,279
850
0
2,129
New Ipswich
 
122
707
0
829
Pelham
 
2,578
1,671
0
4,249
Peterborough
 
1,440
1,279
0
2,719
Sharon
 
100
77
0
177
Temple
 
291
279
0
570
Weare
 
1,835
1,407
0
3,242
Wilton
 
903
693
0
1,596
Windsor
 
46
44
0
90
Allenstown
 
890
686
0
1,576
Andover
 
480
469
0
949
Boscawen
 
525
488
0
1,013
Bow
 
1,773
1,737
0
3,510
Bradford
 
362
388
0
750
Canterbury
 
563
639
0
1,202
Chichester
 
568
534
0
1,102
Concord More »
 
6,430
8,294
0
14,724
Danbury
 
244
261
0
505
Dunbarton
 
590
555
0
1,145
Epsom
 
1,050
717
0
1,767
Franklin More »
 
1,577
1,123
0
2,700
Henniker
 
802
1,043
0
1,845
Hill
 
193
174
0
367
Hooksett
 
2,908
1,752
0
4,660
Hopkinton
 
1,183
1,805
0
2,988
Loudon
 
1,049
935
0
1,984
New London
 
1,243
893
0
2,136
Newbury
 
583
386
0
969
Northfield
 
866
660
0
1,526
Pembroke
 
1,307
1,256
0
2,563
Pittsfield
 
705
604
0
1,309
Salisbury
 
308
244
0
552
Sutton
 
457
393
0
850
Warner
 
540
714
0
1,254
Webster
 
283
306
0
589
Wilmot
 
325
299
0
624
Atkinson
 
2,128
979
0
3,107
Auburn
 
1,285
807
0
2,092
Brentwood
 
898
599
0
1,497
Candia
 
1,030
759
0
1,789
Chester
 
1,134
675
0
1,809
Danville
 
955
657
0
1,612
Deerfield
 
1,035
742
0
1,777
Derry
 
6,031
4,069
0
10,100
E. Kingston
 
593
349
0
942
Epping
 
1,394
1,099
0
2,493
Exeter
 
3,299
2,322
0
5,621
Fremont
 
905
557
0
1,462
Greenland
 
854
631
0
1,485
Hampstead
 
2,279
1,329
0
3,608
Hampton
 
4,154
2,691
0
6,845
Hampton Falls
 
720
353
0
1,073
Kensington
 
552
388
0
940
Kingston
 
459
961
0
1,420
Londonderry
 
5,231
3,320
0
8,551
New Castle
 
371
225
0
596
Newfields
 
432
309
0
741
Newington
 
266
163
0
429
Newmarket
 
2,094
1,425
0
3,519
Newton
 
978
693
0
1,671
N. Hampton
 
1,319
811
0
2,130
Northwood
 
681
1,007
0
1,688
Nottingham
 
1,062
703
0
1,765
Plaistow
 
1,869
996
0
2,865
Portsmouth More »
 
4,532
4,015
0
8,547
Raymond
 
2,058
1,359
0
3,417
Rye
 
1,582
1,064
0
2,646
Salem
 
5,863
3,399
0
9,262
Sandown
 
1,170
789
0
1,959
Seabrook
 
1,902
1,129
0
3,031
S. Hampton
 
229
145
0
374
Stratham
 
1,878
1,128
0
3,006
Windham
 
2,865
1,525
0
4,390
Barrington
 
1,693
1,289
0
2,982
Dover More »
 
5,764
5,180
0
10,944
Durham
 
1,924
2,021
0
3,945
Farmington
 
1,084
819
0
1,903
Lee
 
894
853
0
1,747
Madbury
 
408
379
0
787
Middleton
 
338
248
0
586
Milton
 
812
570
0
1,382
New Durham
 
600
406
0
1,006
Rochester More »
 
4,942
3,773
0
8,715
Rollinsford
 
643
495
0
1,138
Somersworth More »
 
2,197
1,549
0
3,746
Strafford
 
872
783
0
1,655
Acworth
 
143
227
0
370
Charlestown
 
895
698
0
1,593
Claremont More »
 
2,080
2,125
0
4,205
Cornish
 
353
467
0
820
Croydon
 
159
132
0
291
Goshen
 
149
166
0
315
Grantham
 
600
704
0
1,304
Langdon
 
132
104
0
236
Lempster
 
196
162
0
358
Newport
 
1,051
993
0
2,044
Plainfield
 
487
612
0
1,099
Springfield
 
287
267
0
554
Sunapee
 
852
713
0
1,565
Unity
 
209
337
0
546
Washington
 
264
191
0
455
Totals
271,091
205,589
0 476,680