Karen Burnett-Kurie
Running for: NH House Carroll County District 06
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?
"NH should meets its constitutional obligation to adequately fund traditional public schools first; before it spends money any other eduational purposes."
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Any restrictions on abortions should be accompanied by a range of exceptions to address the circumstances which caused the pregnancy, the health and wellbeing of the mother and the viability of the fetus. As well, a full range of birth control options, as well as pharmaceutical abortion medication, should be guaranteed."
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Any restrictions on abortions should be accompanied by a range of exceptions to address the circumstances which caused the pregnancy, the health and wellbeing of the mother and the viability of the fetus. As well, a full range of birth control options, as well as pharmaceutical abortion medication, should be guaranteed."
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Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Although I believe there are ways the state can meet its education funding obligation without instituting a broad based tax, I believe all options should remain on the table until a solution is reached."
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Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"I believe providing an adequate, equitable education is a constitutional obligation of the state. One that has been neglected and substantively ignored for 40 plus years. Given this unmet obligation the state should not be reducing any tax sources or diverting education dollars to EFA's or other purposes untll this constitutional obligation is met. There are numerous ways the state can fund it's share of education costs, including special education and other differential aid, but it should not include added property taxes. The state has many avenues for raising revenue and they all should be explored."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"Until the state is covering in full its obligation to education it should not be reducing any taxes."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Although I believe there are ways the state can meet its education funding obligation without instituting a broad based tax, I believe all options should remain on the table until a solution is reached."
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Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"Climate change is real; deniers are ignoring reality."
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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?
"For"
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Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"While zoning is a local control issue, and should remain one, the state should encourage affordable housing in this and other ways."
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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?
"All sources of energy contributions to the grid should be compensated."
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Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Any restrictions on abortions should be accompanied by a range of exceptions to address the circumstances which caused the pregnancy, the health and wellbeing of the mother and the viability of the fetus. As well, a full range of birth control options, as well as pharmaceutical abortion medication, should be guaranteed."
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Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"Our economy is dependent upon an adequate workforce. Parents are an integral part of this workforce. The state should be supporting a statewide qualified workforce in numerous ways."
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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?
"The present funding of education creates huge disparities in education from town to town. This is unacceptable. As well, it places an extremely uneven burden on property owners. NH needs to reduce its dependence on property taxes for education, by having the state contribute its true share (without the statewide property tax which simply accentuates the inequities) ."
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"For"
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"Undecided"
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Undecided"
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Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"NH has prided itself on the NH Advantage but that advantage is slipping away because of a minimum wage well below neighboring states, a lack of affordable housing, inadequate child- and elder-care resources and other factors driving young people and young families out of state."
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Should New Hampshire add legal protections for residents of other states who travel here for health care related to abortion or gender transition?
"Undecided"
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Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Any restrictions on abortions should be accompanied by a range of exceptions to address the circumstances which caused the pregnancy, the health and wellbeing of the mother and the viability of the fetus. As well, a full range of birth control options, as well as pharmaceutical abortion medication, should be guaranteed."
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Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"Undecided"
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Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"While NH has a low crime rate we have a high suicide rate by guns. As a result, we should have stronger preventative measures in place for suicidal and extreme mental health crises. As well, we should have greater protections for domestic violence victims and school violence measures."
