2026 ballot measure forecast

New Hampshire Question 1

Eliminate elected register of probate office

Removes the register of probate from the constitution's list of elected county officers (CACR 13). The forecast has Yes at 63.4 percent against the 66.7 percent it needs, a 36% chance to pass.

Leans failConstitutional amendment referred by the legislatureOtherUpdated October 17, 2026
Chance to pass
36%
2,000 simulations
Forecast Yes
63.4%
80% range 50 to 75
Needs
66.7%
67 percent of the votes on the question
Polling average
None
No public polls found

County forecast

10 of 10 counties vote Yes
No +30Yes +30Hover a county for its forecast
Where the Yes vote lands
needs 66.7
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History and structure
63.4% Yes
Polls
None
Forecast
63.4% Yes
Yes leans
Neither party
Rule to pass
Two thirds of those voting on the question. A similar 2022 amendment got 62.9 percent and failed.
The campaign

Passed House 325-15 and Senate 23-1; no organized campaign.

Polls of the measure

no polls
PollsterSampleEndedYesNoUndecidedYes, adjusted
No public polls of this measure. The forecast rests on how comparable measures have run and how it reached the ballot.
How this is built
Question 1 is forecast as a other measure whose Yes vote leans to neither party. Comparable measures from 2018 to 2024 set how far its Yes share moves with New Hampshire's partisanship and with each county's 2024 presidential vote, and how it reached the ballot moves it further. Polls then pull the forecast toward them by recency and size, after splitting undecided voters two to one for No. Sources: news.ballotpedia.org, theballotbrief.com. All measures.