New Hampshire Question 1 (Eliminate the office of register of probate (CACR 13)) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Asks whether to eliminate the office of register of probate by amending Part II, Articles 71 and 81 of the state constitution. Article 71 would keep county treasurers, county attorneys, sheriffs and registers of deeds as elected county officers; Article 81 would keep the bar on judges acting as counsel in probate business. The amendment passed the House 325 to 15 and the Senate 23 to 1, per the Secretary of State's notice of questions on the 2026 general election ballot.
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Asks whether to eliminate the office of register of probate by amending Part II, Articles 71 and 81 of the state constitution. Article 71 would keep county treasurers, county attorneys, sheriffs and registers of deeds as elected county officers; Article 81 would keep the bar on judges acting as counsel in probate business. The amendment passed the House 325 to 15 and the Senate 23 to 1, per the Secretary of State's notice of questions on the 2026 general election ballot.
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Question 1 reached the New Hampshire ballot as a constitutional amendment (legislative referral).
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