For the first time in roughly four decades, New Hampshire lawmakers returned to Concord in August for a veto day — a single sitting to decide the fate of Gov. Kelly Ayotte's record run of vetoes. Overriding a veto takes two-thirds of both the House and the Senate, a bar high enough to turn away even a comfortable majority.
When the gavels fell, seven vetoes had been overridden and become law; the other twenty-three stood. Four came down to a split — one chamber voting to override while the other declined — and three of the day's overrides cleared the Senate by the slimmest margin the constitution allows. Below is every recorded vote, with the argument made on the floor for and against each bill.