Edward Samuel Twaddell III
Running for: NH House Belknap County District 02
Completed our 2024 State Candidate Survey
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?
"For"No Response
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
No Response
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
Against| Read My Position
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Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Against"Against| Read My Position
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Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Against"Undecided| Read My Position
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Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"Undecided"Against| Read My Position
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Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Against"Undecided| Read My Position
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Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"Again, this question is too broad to answer with a simple 'for/against.' Individual efforts and policies need to be examined, with an emphasis on the second and third order effects."Against| Read My Position
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?
"Against"Against| Read My Position
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Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"Against"For| Read My Position
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?
"While I support increasing net metering opportunities, I am concerned that people would turn whole swaths of undeveloped forest land into solar panel farms. There would have to be controls in place for both commercial and residential efforts."No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
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Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"Against"For| Read My Position
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Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
"For"Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"My biggest concern over legalizing marijuana is the public safety aspect associated with operating a motor vehicle. If there was a way that a police officer could definitively, objectively determine a driver's level of marijuana intoxication at the point of a traffic stop (some method akin to a breathalyzer for alcohol), many of my concerns would be alleviated."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"My biggest concern over legalizing marijuana is the public safety aspect associated with operating a motor vehicle. If there was a way that a police officer could definitively, objectively determine a driver's level of marijuana intoxication at the point of a traffic stop (some method akin to a breathalyzer for alcohol), many of my concerns would be alleviated."Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"My biggest concern over legalizing marijuana is the public safety aspect associated with operating a motor vehicle. If there was a way that a police officer could definitively, objectively determine a driver's level of marijuana intoxication at the point of a traffic stop (some method akin to a breathalyzer for alcohol), many of my concerns would be alleviated."Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"In the mid- to long-term, we have to look at how we make NH attractive to younger people as a place to live and work. A minimum wage increase should be considered in that discussion to determine if it's something that shuold be implemented."Undecided| Read My Position
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?
"This is a broad question that I has to many nuances to answer with a simple 'for/against.'"No Response
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
For| Read My Position
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Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"For"Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Against"
