N.H. ballot question: What to know about raising the judicial retirement age

[RandySF]

An amendment to the New Hampshire constitution is on the ballot this November, concerning the state’s mandatory judicial retirement age.

To make an amendment to the state constitution, the measure must first pass the state’s House and Senate with 60% majorities. This measure to raise the mandatory judicial retirement age from 70 to 75 did so, putting it on the ballot before voters in the 2024 election.

Now, the constitution will be amended if 67% of voters support changing the judicial retirement age.

The New Hampshire Increase Mandatory Retirement Age for Judges Amendment will be on the ballot on Nov. 5 as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It will be the only question on the ballot in the state.



https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2024/10/15/nh-ballot-question-raising-the-judicial-retirement-age/

[ramen]

1. I'm unsure how to think about this.

Retiring at 75 doesn't seem crazy to me for that work, given the benefit of a lifetime of accumulated wisdom, but it's also a really complex and technical job where age could easily cut both ways. I interact with a lot of people of that age group and would trust some but certainly not all of them to have the wherewithal they did in decades past with decisions of this importance.