Linda J. Haskins
Running for: NH House Rockingham County District 11
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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?
"I am 100% passionately opposed to so-called freedom accounts that rob the Education Trust Fund. It was introduced as a poverty program, which was a ruse as Free Staters move towards removing all elegibility barriers. As a former trained, certified teacher, I know well the need for qualified public teachers. Public dollars for public schools!"
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Women's reproductive health care belongs to them, their partners and providers. Full stop."
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Women's reproductive health care belongs to them, their partners and providers. Full stop."
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Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"The public won't support it."
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Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"The people don't want it."
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Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"We already outlawed the business and profits tax."
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Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"As a Democrat, I believe successful people should pay a fair share to the tax base."
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Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"No new landfills, PFAS mitigation, clean air, soil and water enforcement."
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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?
"Very few occasions for this, but should be entirely lawful."
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Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"Current zoning is keeping us from building workforce housing."
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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?
"Dems continue to support these efforts."
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Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Women's reproductive health care belongs to them, their partners and providers. Full stop."
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Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"Good quality, affordable childcare is a key to providing an opportunity for parents to work and sustain a more just society."
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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?
"Obviously this system isn't working as the Claremont case demonstrates."
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"As a volunteer advocate for people in recovery and the families who love them, I am conflicted about MJ, since I know too well the damage that marijuana does. We cannot regulate home-growers. I support medical marijuana only."
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"As a volunteer advocate for people in recovery and the families who love them, I am conflicted about MJ, since I know too well the damage that marijuana does. We cannot regulate home-growers. I support medical marijuana only."
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"As a volunteer advocate for people in recovery and the families who love them, I am conflicted about MJ, since I know too well the damage that marijuana does. We cannot regulate home-growers. I support medical marijuana only."
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Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"I hear from constituents that family members who work in the service industry don't earn a living wage while working full time, and sometimes have two jobs."
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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?
"I don't see any chance for passage."
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Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Women's reproductive health care belongs to them, their partners and providers. Full stop."
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Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"In my town a restaurant worker complied with a request to translate for the police and when he did, ICE was called and he was deported."
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Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Safe storage, assault weapons ban, ERPOs, mandatory universal background checks."
