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TheNew Hampshire Gender Neutral Language Amendment, also known asQuestion 2, was on the ballot inNew Hampshire onNovember 3, 1998, as alegislatively referred constitutional amendment. It wasdefeated. It proposed to make the constitution more inclusive by incorporating gender-neutral terms when referring to the governor and others.^[1]

Election results

New Hampshire Question 2 (1998)
Result		Votes	Percentage
dNo		121,441	43.26%
Yes		159,308	56.74%

Election results via:Manual for the General Court 1999

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.

See also

Suggest a link

• New Hampshire 1998 ballot measures
• 1998 ballot measures
• List of New Hampshire ballot measures

External links

• Manual for the General Court 1999

Footnotes

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