Daniel Popovici-Muller
Running for: NH House Rockingham County District 17
Declined to complete our 2024 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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Voting Record, 2024
In 2023 Rep. Popovici-Muller voted for HB 367 and HB 464, two bills that would expand eligibility for the Education Freedom Account program. In 2024 Rep. Popovici-Muller voted in favor of several bills to expand eligibility for Education Freedom Accounts, including HB 1561, HB 1634, HB 1665, and HB 1677. Popovici-Muller also voted against HB 1512, which would limit the EFA program to a budget.
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Voting Record, 2023
Voted against HB 591, a bill that would prohibit a doctor from performing an abortion after detecting a fetal heartbeat.
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
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Candidate's Facebook Page, 2022
"If elected, I will fight hard to lower our taxes by keeping government spending under control. I will firmly oppose any attempts to impose a sales or income tax, and will look for ways to increase our economic freedoms so that we all benefit from sustainable economic growth."Against| Read My Position
Candidate's Facebook Page, 2022
"If elected, I will fight hard to lower our taxes by keeping government spending under control. I will firmly oppose any attempts to impose a sales or income tax, and will look for ways to increase our economic freedoms so that we all benefit from sustainable economic growth."No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
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Candidate's Facebook Page, 2022
"I am concerned about our current voting laws because they allow the use of affidavits (written statements signed in front of the supervisors of the checklist) on voting day. When you go to the Town Hall to register as a voter, you have to prove 4 elements: your identity, age, residence and citizenship, each of which needs to be proven through the proper paperwork - no affidavits accepted.
"But when you register as a voter at the polls on election day, no such proof is needed. One can just sign affidavits to “prove” any of the 4 elements, and then is allowed to vote. A new law passed this year is changing the way those ballots are handled, but it will not apply until 2023, and it uses a rather complicated method to validate those ballots after the election ends, which could result in election results being delayed in close races.
"We need legislation stating that while voters should continue to be allowed to register at the polls, the documentation required for registering on voting day must be the same documentation required when one registers to vote at Town Hall. If voter ID will be required, the state shall issue it at no cost to any eligible voter.
"My second concern is that New Hampshire allows people whose domicile is out of state to vote in NH if (for example) they have a summer house in New Hampshire, even if they only spend a few weeks a year in our state. I believe that people should not be allowed to pick and choose which state they want to vote in, but should only vote in the state they have their primary residence in.
"Changing this will require a constitutional amendment, and I will work to pass one that will ensure that only people who actually live in New Hampshire vote in New Hampshire. Neither of those measures will disenfranchise any voter - every person who is eligible to vote will be able to vote in the town they actually live in. In New Hampshire, every vote counts and can change the result of an election (plenty of such examples exist) so every vote cast by someone who is not (or should not be) an eligible voter can affect us all. I plan to protect your right to vote by making sure that only people who have the right to vote do so. If elected, I will support legislation requiring that one actually proves their identity, age, citizenship and residence rather than just sign affidavits before voting and I will also support the constitutional amendment described above."
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Voting Record, 2024
In 2024 Rep. Popovici voted for a few bills that would ease zoning requirements. For example, Popovici voted for HB 1291 (to increase rights of property owners to build accessory dwelling units), HB 1399 (to make it easier to convert single family residence into two units), and HB 1400 (to limit parking requirements, plus add tax credits for office conversions).
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Voting Record, 2024
Voted against increasing the maximum electric generating capacity to participate in net energy metering, from one to five megawatts (HB 523)
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
No Response
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?
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Voting Record, 2023
Voted to keep the "fetal life protection act", which restricts access to abortion after 24 weeks (HB 271).
No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
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Candidate's Facebook Page, 2022
"Every gun control measure proposed is designed to make owning and carrying a firearm more expensive and legally risky - that’s true for storage laws, waiting periods, training requirements, red flag laws, bans on arbitrary types of firearms or magazines, microstamping, gun free zones, etc. The long term goal of gun control is the ban of firearm ownership for regular people, which would ensure only government agents and criminals will have firearms, leaving the rest of us unable to protect ourselves and our families. The people pushing gun control know that those laws make us less safe - they simply consider the increased risks to us all an acceptable price to pay to achieve their political goals."
