The “official ballot law,” or “SB2” as it is commonly known, has greatly increased the number of people voting on bond articles in municipalities and school districts in New Hampshire and, in general, increased the number of people voting “no.” In 1998 and 1999, official-ballot jurisdictions rejected a much larger percentage of bond proposals than did their traditionalmeeting counterparts. The New Hampshire Legislature substantially reduced that difference when it passed legislation, effective in late 1999, reducing the size of the supermajority needed to pass a bond article in official-ballot jurisdictions from two-thirds to three-fifths.