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

1978 - Question 5Are you in favor of amending the Constitution to allow the court to direct the trial of a defendant, at the defendant's request, to a county or judicial district in which a fair and impartial trial can be obtained when the court finds a fair and impartial trial cannot be obtained in the county or judicial district where the crime has been committed?

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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
196,290
38,319
0 234,609
Alton
 
734
186
0
920
Barnstead
 
482
121
0
603
Belmont
 
696
225
0
921
Center Harbor
 
184
47
0
231
Gilford
 
1,468
327
0
1,795
Gilmanton
 
457
128
0
585
Laconia More »
 
3,411
1,022
0
4,433
Meredith
 
1,122
287
0
1,409
New Hampton
 
297
56
0
353
Sanbornton
 
456
81
0
537
Tilton
 
660
120
0
780
Albany
 
77
16
0
93
Bartlett
 
424
65
0
489
Brookfield
 
151
36
0
187
Chatham
 
40
4
0
44
Conway
 
1,521
294
0
1,815
Eaton
 
103
15
0
118
Effingham
 
138
25
0
163
Freedom
 
219
53
0
272
Hart's Location
 
14
2
0
16
Jackson
 
194
30
0
224
Madison
 
269
60
0
329
Moultonborough
 
823
224
0
1,047
Ossipee
 
486
131
0
617
Sandwich
 
427
55
0
482
Tamworth
 
434
91
0
525
Tuftonboro
 
508
120
0
628
Wakefield
 
543
129
0
672
Wolfeboro
 
1,136
191
0
1,327
Alstead
 
318
48
0
366
Chesterfield
 
525
71
0
596
Dublin
 
344
50
0
394
Fitzwilliam
 
411
56
0
467
Gilsum
 
133
22
0
155
Harrisville
 
193
21
0
214
Hinsdale
 
533
79
0
612
Jaffrey
 
908
176
0
1,084
Keene More »
 
4,499
862
0
5,361
Marlborough
 
420
58
0
478
Marlow
 
103
17
0
120
Nelson
 
126
23
0
149
Richmond
 
135
27
0
162
Rindge
 
469
101
0
570
Roxbury
 
38
4
0
42
Stoddard
 
142
38
0
180
Sullivan
 
111
35
0
146
Surry
 
143
30
0
173
Swanzey
 
1,040
187
0
1,227
Troy
 
384
68
0
452
Walpole
 
755
107
0
862
Westmoreland
 
315
53
0
368
Winchester
 
468
124
0
592
Berlin More »
 
3,347
606
0
3,953
Carroll
 
173
34
0
207
Clarksville
 
45
20
0
65
Colebrook
 
373
87
0
460
Columbia
 
66
19
0
85
Dalton
 
146
25
0
171
Dummer
 
66
11
0
77
Errol
 
62
8
0
70
Gorham
 
732
155
0
887
Jefferson
 
191
30
0
221
Lancaster
 
730
120
0
850
Milan
 
193
62
0
255
Northumberland
 
472
134
0
606
Pittsburg
 
164
47
0
211
Randolph
 
119
19
0
138
Shelburne
 
102
14
0
116
Stark
 
80
8
0
88
Stewartstown
 
106
38
0
144
Stratford
 
120
24
0
144
Whitefield
 
417
52
0
469
Cambridge
 
1
1
0
2
Dixville
 
12
2
0
14
Millsfield
 
6
0
0
6
Pinkham's Grant
 
7
0
0
7
Thompson and Meserve's Purchase
 
1
0
0
1
Wentworth's Location
 
14
0
0
14
Alexandria
 
138
47
0
185
Ashland
 
387
93
0
480
Bath
 
180
48
0
228
Benton
 
28
10
0
38
Bethlehem
 
405
56
0
461
Bridgewater
 
154
29
0
183
Bristol
 
516
142
0
658
Campton
 
358
88
0
446
Canaan
 
464
65
0
529
Dorchester
 
59
7
0
66
Easton
 
63
8
0
71
Ellsworth
 
25
5
0
30
Enfield
 
573
81
0
654
Franconia
 
226
43
0
269
Grafton
 
134
30
0
164
Groton
 
55
12
0
67
Hanover
 
1,997
106
0
2,103
Haverhill
 
735
140
0
875
Hebron
 
107
23
0
130
Holderness
 
377
72
0
449
Landaff
 
60
22
0
82
Lebanon More »
 
2,084
241
0
2,325
Lincoln
 
282
54
0
336
Lisbon
 
312
59
0
371
Littleton
 
1,403
263
0
1,666
Lyman
 
61
17
0
78
Lyme
 
367
43
0
410
Monroe
 
192
36
0
228
Orange
 
64
5
0
69
Orford
 
265
55
0
320
Piermont
 
134
34
0
168
Plymouth
 
900
139
0
1,039
Rumney
 
305
59
0
364
Sugar Hill
 
160
22
0
182
Thornton
 
198
61
0
259
Warren
 
140
27
0
167
Waterville Valley
 
61
0
0
61
Wentworth
 
141
23
0
164
Woodstock
 
213
29
0
242
Amherst
 
2,133
302
0
2,435
Antrim
 
411
78
0
489
Bedford
 
2,418
460
0
2,878
Bennington
 
161
32
0
193
Brookline
 
386
90
0
476
Deering
 
201
37
0
238
Francestown
 
266
65
0
331
Goffstown
 
2,468
499
0
2,967
Greenfield
 
216
38
0
254
Greenville
 
291
86
0
377
Hancock
 
444
44
0
488
Hillsborough
 
647
138
0
785
Hollis
 
1,158
154
0
1,312
Hudson
 
2,638
568
0
3,206
Litchfield
 
633
109
0
742
Lyndeborough
 
263
52
0
315
Manchester More »
 
14,876
4,737
0
19,613
Mason
 
170
35
0
205
Merrimack
 
2,910
507
0
3,417
Milford
 
1,802
328
0
2,130
Mont Vernon
 
309
69
0
378
Nashua More »
 
9,706
2,363
0
12,069
New Boston
 
440
94
0
534
New Ipswich
 
418
118
0
536
Pelham
 
1,666
326
0
1,992
Peterborough
 
1,402
192
0
1,594
Sharon
 
57
13
0
70
Temple
 
210
46
0
256
Weare
 
623
165
0
788
Wilton
 
612
104
0
716
Windsor
 
24
5
0
29
Allenstown
 
808
170
0
978
Andover
 
392
80
0
472
Boscawen
 
447
173
0
620
Bow
 
1,223
203
0
1,426
Bradford
 
339
68
0
407
Canterbury
 
419
61
0
480
Chichester
 
319
81
0
400
Concord More »
 
7,534
1,176
0
8,710
Danbury
 
128
33
0
161
Dunbarton
 
302
99
0
401
Epsom
 
576
121
0
697
Franklin More »
 
1,652
292
0
1,944
Henniker
 
711
108
0
819
Hill
 
150
36
0
186
Hooksett
 
1,606
333
0
1,939
Hopkinton
 
1,343
168
0
1,511
Loudon
 
437
123
0
560
New London
 
1,109
106
0
1,215
Newbury
 
273
61
0
334
Northfield
 
536
119
0
655
Pembroke
 
1,189
236
0
1,425
Pittsfield
 
519
121
0
640
Salisbury
 
192
40
0
232
Sutton
 
333
36
0
369
Warner
 
573
101
0
674
Webster
 
270
51
0
321
Wilmot
 
227
30
0
257
Atkinson
 
880
149
0
1,029
Auburn
 
624
127
0
751
Brentwood
 
426
71
0
497
Candia
 
667
158
0
825
Chester
 
452
94
0
546
Danville
 
293
58
0
351
Deerfield
 
482
110
0
592
Derry
 
2,825
556
0
3,381
E. Kingston
 
223
52
0
275
Epping
 
699
174
0
873
Exeter
 
2,218
420
0
2,638
Fremont
 
280
105
0
385
Greenland
 
616
94
0
710
Hampstead
 
947
183
0
1,130
Hampton
 
3,059
474
0
3,533
Hampton Falls
 
433
91
0
524
Kensington
 
373
83
0
456
Kingston
 
881
177
0
1,058
Londonderry
 
2,200
348
0
2,548
New Castle
 
384
69
0
453
Newfields
 
251
57
0
308
Newington
 
245
41
0
286
Newmarket
 
1,004
198
0
1,202
Newton
 
565
108
0
673
N. Hampton
 
857
178
0
1,035
Northwood
 
553
104
0
657
Nottingham
 
433
86
0
519
Plaistow
 
1,134
217
0
1,351
Portsmouth More »
 
4,624
702
0
5,326
Raymond
 
790
247
0
1,037
Rye
 
1,540
256
0
1,796
Salem
 
4,589
960
0
5,549
Sandown
 
367
91
0
458
Seabrook
 
1,079
289
0
1,368
S. Hampton
 
225
49
0
274
Stratham
 
685
117
0
802
Windham
 
1,124
207
0
1,331
Barrington
 
881
132
0
1,013
Dover More »
 
5,201
912
0
6,113
Durham
 
2,016
174
0
2,190
Farmington
 
727
230
0
957
Lee
 
518
79
0
597
Madbury
 
298
37
0
335
Middleton
 
94
26
0
120
Milton
 
504
103
0
607
New Durham
 
251
77
0
328
Rochester More »
 
3,785
968
0
4,753
Rollinsford
 
499
121
0
620
Somersworth More »
 
1,937
437
0
2,374
Strafford
 
408
66
0
474
Acworth
 
195
34
0
229
Charlestown
 
837
137
0
974
Claremont More »
 
2,792
403
0
3,195
Cornish
 
321
48
0
369
Croydon
 
104
19
0
123
Goshen
 
167
17
0
184
Grantham
 
181
28
0
209
Langdon
 
92
15
0
107
Lempster
 
203
20
0
223
Newport
 
1,287
219
0
1,506
Plainfield
 
393
32
0
425
Springfield
 
134
21
0
155
Sunapee
 
704
126
0
830
Unity
 
151
26
0
177
Washington
 
162
24
0
186
Totals
196,290
38,319
0 234,609