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	Yes	No	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