BERLIN — By a slim margin, ballot Question 1 failed. A total 564,150 votes were cast statewide on the question that asked if the office of probate should be eliminated. To pass, it needed a two-thirds majority or 66.7 percent of “yes” votes. However, 365,359 yes votes were cast, totaling 64.8 percent.

That contrasts with the 198,791 people who voted “no” or 35.2 percent against passage of Question 1, a constitutional amendment.

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