Brenda Oldak
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Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Do you support the “Education Freedom Account” program, which gives students access to the per-pupil share of state school funding to spend on private school or home school expenses?
"Education Freedom Accounts take public tax dollars away from our schools, towns, and often state with little/no oversight or accountability. Students and their families have always had a choice, just not at taxpayer expense. This is a thinly disguised attempt destroy the bedrock of our democracy: access to public education."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3?
"Some children at this age, as well as their parents, identify as LGBTQ+. Banning discussion limits knowledge, tolerance, self-awareness and acceptance, understanding, and acceptance. This is culturally regressive and cruel. Bans like this are limiting our freedom."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the state law that bans teaching certain concepts, such as the idea that people may be "inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously"?
"Broadly, education should encourage everyone not only to learn history and didactic information, but to think and use critical thinking in their everyday lives. Specifically, history is on a continuum to the present day and struggles related to race and sexism continue to the present day. To deny this history and the ability to examine the intersection of history, society, and government is censorship. The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States protects the right of free speech. Bans like this limit our freedom and are against the Constitution."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Against"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire add a tax credit for businesses that contribute to student loan repayment for employees?
"New Hampshire's business economy would benefit if it could attract and retain more young, skilled, educated workers. At the same time, young people are struggling under the weight of educational loans. This would benefit the economy and address the worker shortage."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"New Hampshire had lowered taxes for big, out-of-state corporations and shifted state responsibilities to increase property taxes"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"By lowering the interest and dividends tax and BPT, BET taxes, Sununu and Republican led legislature, have decreased revenue and shifted the burden onto towns and property taxes. NH Business Review Aug 3, 2023 reported no evidence this led to increased revenue. Reckless spending on school vouchers will further stress out towns school budgets. In short, they have stiffed people, property owners, schools, and towns for political gains."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Do you support giving voters who register without ID on Election Day a ballot that only counts if they return identifying documents to the state before a deadline?
"They should be able to sign an affidavit which is a legally binding document. Our election laws should allow for same day registration and on-line voting. We should allow voting access and encourage representation rather than deny voting privileges to our citizens. There has been little to no evidence of voter fraud."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire add a fee or mileage charge for electric vehicle owners to help pay for transportation and/or electric infrastructure?
"The purchase and utilization of electric vehicles need to be encouraged rather than discouraged until there is a greater number of electric vehicles."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Do you support legislation to expand the net energy metering system capacity cap from 1 MW to 5 MW for all residential and commercial customers in New Hampshire?
"For"
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire extend the renewable portfolio standard past 2025, requiring public utilities to obtain more than 25% of electricity from renewable energy sources?
"Depending on feasibility of obtaining renewable energy and the cost to the ratepayer, staged increases in the direction of 25% and more are necessary and obvious, especially in light of recent geopolitical uncertainty about the availability of fossil fuel."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the option of mail-in ballots for all voters, not just absentees?
"Mail in voting is dependable and convenient. We should encourage voter participation, rather than make it difficult."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
"NH has a constitutional requirement to provide students an adequately funded education. The State Supreme Court ruled the base adequacy per student cost must be at least $7356 per student which is still far less than the of the actual cost of $19,000 per pupil. Because the state downshifted its responsibility for retirement to our towns and is underfunding our schools, municipalities have been forced to sue the state to fulfill its constitutional responsibility."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"I am for the legalization of cannabis with the safety and taxation guidelines."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"I am for the legalization of cannabis with the safety and taxation guidelines."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"I am for the legalization of cannabis with the safety and taxation guidelines."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should the state permanently increase how much tax revenue it shares with towns and cities every year, beyond public school funding?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the gradual phase-out of the Interests and Dividends tax?
"This is tax on wealth. Phasing it out means the average taxpayer will pay more."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire add legal protections for residents of other states who travel here for health care related to abortion or gender transition?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"I am for this if it is humane and in concert with a reasonable approach. I would not support Trumps' plan to round up immigrants and put them in concentration camps, and his previous practice of separating children from parents."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Most gun owners, including myself, support safe and responsible gun ownership. I support background checks, three day waiting periods, red flag laws, and restrictions on assault weapons. Gun legislation should serve the public's interests, not that of the gun manufacturers and lobbyists."
