Jonathan D. Arsenault

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?

"No, Education Freedom Accounts are largely paying for families to send their students to private schools that they could already afford before the program was founded. This is syphoning funds for public schools that provide education to a majority of students across our state. Vouchers are taking funds for our students and giving more funding to the privileged few who are accepted into these private schools who are more than capable of funding themselves. It is also puttIng more weight rising property taxes that many granite staters are already struggling to afford."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?

"No, we should have no limits on the ability to get an abortion here in the Granite State."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?

"No, we should have no limits on the ability to get an abortion here in the Granite State."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH add an income tax on earned income?

"No, New Hampshires choice to not have a broad-based income tax is an advantage that helps bring businesses and tourism to our state that granite staters and visitors have come to expect. While this requires us to be more creative in funding for our state, changing this would undermine what it means to live and operate in NH."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?

"No, New Hampshires choice to not have a broad-based income tax is an advantage that helps bring businesses and tourism to our state that granite staters and visitors have come to expect. While this requires us to be more creative in funding for our state, changing this would undermine what it means to live and operate in NH."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?

"We should do all that we can to find means of bringing in more funding without driving away or hurting small businesses across our state."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?

"We should be looking into all means of raising funding for our state and should not be cutting the taxes of the wealthiest individuals who are already capable of paying their fair share."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?

"We should do all we can to expand our energy portfolio and drive down energy prices in our state. That means funding solar and wind project to help meet our 25% renewable energy portfolio to protect our environment and help drive down energy prices across the state."

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?

"Absolutely, every citizen should be able to vote with as few barriers as possible. Affidavits allow people to vote no matter their situation and the state is more than capable of confirming these affidavits following the election."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?

"Yes, we wre currently facing a housing crisis and like many other states we are failing to address the lack of housing here in NH. We are facing a shortage of nearly 60,000 homes in our state and it is driving up housing costs, and putting the weight of our property taxes on a fraction of our citizens while many other struggle to find affordable housing if they can find any at all.

"Onerous zoning laws only serve to cut off dearly needed development when we should be doing all we can to meet the moment and cut into this housing shortage."

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?

"Absolutely, net metering helps more Granite staters but in to their own energy solutions provide more energy back to our grid to supplement our energy to our local power grid. We should absolutely do all we can to repay those who make the jump to solar energy and provide back to their own communities."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?

"Yes, we should have no limits on the ability to get an abortion here in the Granite State."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should the state increase funding for child care providers?

"More and more families across the granite State are working households where both parents are working and out of the house for much of their day. We should be supporting our community by providing the best care at affordable prices to help uplift all granite staters to work and raise their families here in NH."

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?

"No, we are currently facing a housing crisis and education vouchers are raising property taxes for families here in New Hampshire. The state should be doing more to provide more funding per student for all school districts across our state. Smaller communities are facing a crisis of rising property taxes while the state fails to provide the best education possible in all corners of NH."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?

"Unsure, I support legalizing marijuana and catching up with the rest of our neighbors in New England, first and foremost. I support legalized home grow but will support whatever legislation we can bring to the floor to get it done. Marijuana sales could be a great financial boon to our state sand State run stores could be a method to help bring more funding to our state."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?

Unsure, I support whatever is needed in order to get legalization passed."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?

"While I support legalization by whatever method we can get to the floor, raising funds through marijuana sales under a system that we have already built for liquor sales in our state could help alleviate our dependence on other methods of taxation in NH."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?

"Yes, New Hampshire has lagged behind many other states in the US. While wages have risen for nearly all workers across the state to meet modern standards, out of respect for workers in the Granite State, we should raise the minimum wage to represent that standard, were already meeting those new standards and our laws should reflect that."

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?

"Yes, we should place no limits on abortion in NH. We should be protecting the right to an abortion across the country, but we should not change our standards to limits placed on citizens in other states."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?

"Yes we should have no limits on the ability to get an abortion here in the Granite State."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?

"We should provide whatever enforcement is required by federal law and to meet the standards needed to maintain security at our border."

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024

Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?

"Yes, we need more red flag laws to protect our citizens from those who have shown themselves prone to violence towards others or in their home."