New Hampshire 1980 ballot measures

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Three statewide ballot measures were on the February 26, 1980 ballot in New Hampshire.
Five statewide ballot measures were on the November 4, 1980 ballot in New Hampshire.

On the ballot

February 26

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CCR	Age Requirements for Governor	State Exec	Reduce the age requirement for those seeking to be governor	d
CCR	Acting Governor	State Exec	An acting governor may not serve actively in the legislature	d
CCR	Governor's councilors	Con Language	Amend constitutional language regarding governor's councilors	d

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CCR	Gender-neutral language	Con Language	Should the Bill of Rights be amended to contain gender-neutral language?	d
CCR	Remove obsolete provisions	Con Language	Remove certain obsolete language and provisions from the constitution	a
CCR	Repeal Article 99	Con Language	Repeal Article 99 and modify Article 100 of the constitution	a
CCR	Proposed Amendments presented to voters	Admin of Gov't	Proposed amendments must be presented to the voters in the following November election	a
CCR	Votes required to propose and amendment	Admin of Gov't	Require three-fifths of convention votes to propose an amendment	a

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