General Election Ballot Questions

2022 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT QUESTIONS

Constitutional Amendment Proposed by the 2022 General Court

1. “Are you in favor of amending articles 71 and 81 of the second part of the constitution to read as follows: [Art.] 71. [County Treasurers, County Attorneys, Sheriffs, and Registers of Deeds Elected.] The county treasurers, county attorneys, sheriffs and registers of deeds, shall be elected by the inhabitants of the several towns, in the several counties in the State, according to the method now practiced, and the laws of the state, provided nevertheless the legislature shall have authority to alter the manner of certifying the votes, and the mode of electing those officers; but not so as to deprive the people of the right they now have of electing them.
[Art.] 81. [Judges Not to Act as Counsel.] No judge shall be of counsel, act as advocate, or receive any fees as advocate or counsel, in any probate business which is pending, or may be brought into any court of probate in the county of which he or she is judge.” (Passed by the N.H. House 294 Yes 43 No; Passed by Senate 21 Yes 3 No.) CACR 21     Yes  /  No

NOTE: This Amendment removes “Register of Probate”  from the NH Constitution.

Question Proposed pursuant to Part II, Article 100 of the New Hampshire Constitution

2. “Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the constitution?”          Yes  /  No

NOTE: “If the question of holding a convention is not submitted to the people at some time during any period of ten years, it shall be submitted by the secretary of state at the general election in the tenth year following the last submission.”