Whether you want to vote yes or no depends on your own personal priorities and values.

The one ballot measure is all about getting rid of a defunct public servant job. I think it is considered to be common sense and widely considered a safe yes vote.

The other vote is about whether or not to have a constitution convention to modify the state constitution. This question is automatically brought up every ten years by law. Last time this ballot measure failed- and it will probably fail again. Most people do not want the constitution changed by a group of politicians Willy nilly. Changes to the constitution can be proposed and voted for individually, which seems to be everyone’s preference.

As a side note, last year many of our Republican legislators tried to change the constitution of our state to allow tax dollars to fund religious schools.

https://indepthnh.org/2021/03/04/change-sought-in-nh-constitution-to-barring-religious-school-funding/

The county register of probate vote probably doesn't matter that much either way.

Vote for a constitutional convention if you want to let the clowns in the statehouse to change how the circus runs.

https://ballotpedia.org/New_Hampshire_Abolish_Office_of_Register_of_Probate_Amendment_(2022)

A "yes" vote supports eliminating the register of probate offices and references to it within the New Hampshire Constitution. The ballot measure was sponsored by Rep. Norman Silber (R-2) and Rep. Aidan K. Ankarberg (R-10).

The Register of Probate is an elected office in some states. The office had previously handled wills, the administration of estates, trusts, guardianships, adoptions, and name changes.

After changes were made to New Hampshire's court system in 2011, certain duties were removed from the register of probate.

In the consolidation of July 2011, the number of probate courts was reduced from 117 to 54.

Argument to Vote No: “Feedback from many NH residents after encountering very limited assistance at the courthouse is that they have been advised to seek an attorney if they are unable to properly submit the necessary information. If we still had functioning registers of probate to help, most residents would not have to deal with attorneys and their associated legal fees."

Argument to Vote No: "In 2013, former Hillsborough County register of probate Joseph Kelly Levasseur filed a writ of prohibition with the state Supreme Court, saying that the transfer of duties from the register of probate was unconstitutional, due to the duties being transferred to an unelected position."

The constitutional convention vote is required to happen every ten years, and will likely fail, since it failed by a mile last time and I know of nobody that is campaigning for or against it.

Even if it passed, any proposed changes would have to be approved by 60% or more of the New Hampshire voters.

The Register of Probate constitutional question eliminates an elected office that no longer has any duties or powers - all those duties have been transferred to different state agencies.

If you have the mental capacity of a 5-year-old, then why do you think you have the responsibility required to exercise the political authority inherent in voting?

Nice

> Even if it passed, any proposed changes would have to be approved by 60% or more of the New Hampshire voters.

That's why I think it should pass, just to see what comes up. Probably not much if any of that would pass, but it would be interesting.

Thank you, the arguments you provided really helped.

Correct, thanks to 59000 Beans for helping me understand how to vote for priorities and values

Be careful what you wish for. This can cut both ways.