New Hampshire voters will be asked to decide whether to raise the mandatory judicial retirement age. (Getty Images)
On this year’s ballot, New Hampshire voters will decide whether to amend the state constitution to raise the mandatory retirement age for state judges from 70 to 75.
A “yes” vote means you want to raise the age by five years; a “no” vote means you want it to remain at 70. It needs a two-thirds vote in favor to pass, which includes only those participating, Secretary of State David Scanlan told reporters last week. In other words, if you don’t fill in one of the bubbles on the question, your ballot isn’t factored into that equation.
The ballot question passed the House, 321-27, and the Senate, 22-1.