Lorrie J. Carey
Running for: NH House Merrimack County District 01
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?
"I object to this program because it is contracted to an out-of-state organization instead of being run by our own Department of Education. The program is not audited, so we have know way of knowing if the funding is spent responsibly and there is no performance audit which demonstrates whether or not children are learning. All schools receiving taxpayer funding should be audited and demonstrate student achievement. The Legislature rushed to spend taxpayer dollars before putting guardrails in place."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"This is not the government's business. This is a healthcare decision to be made by a woman with her doctor based upon her personal situation."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"This is not the government's business. This is a healthcare decision to be made by a woman with her doctor based upon her personal situation."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Our archaic taxation system needs to be revamped to reflect current times. All avenues must be studied to relieve the tax burden from local property taxpayers."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Any tax should be strategic and provide relief to local property taxpayers."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"The legislature has repeatedly lowered taxes for businesses while local property taxes have increased. The business tax that is the most burdensome is the Business Enterprise Tax which was passed in 1993 under a Republican administration. This tax is, in essence, an income tax. Small business owners must pay this then. in fairness, all should pay an income tax."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"This could be a workable revenue source for the state if the sale of primary homes are excluded."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"We are already seeing the effects of climate change in our tourism industry such as the ski industry, as well as on our infrastructure (roads). We can deny its existence or we can be strategic and create a plan to address the problem. We will need to invest more resources so local governments can address the effects of climate change."
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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?
"We have had the practice in existence for many years without any concerns from the Secretary of State."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"Encouraging positive support for decreasing regulation by providing incentives from the State would help the local housing crisis. Providing State resources/funding to improve local water and sewer infrastructure would be a good place to start."
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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?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"This is not the government's business. This is a healthcare decision to be made by a woman with her doctor based upon her personal situation."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"Local taxpayers and working families have cited the cost of child care as one of their major concerns. It has become an Economic Development issue for the State because workers are having to stay home to care for children due to child care being unavailable or unaffordable. Child Care workers can not afford to live in NH on the average Child Care worker salary which often comes without benefits. With the average home costing over half a million dollars, a salary of $15 an hour is not enough for a worker to live on and families cannot afford to pay $14-$17,000 per child and make a living."
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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?
"The State Constitution under Article 83 specifies the State is responsible for education, however, the State has repeatedly downshifted to cost of education to local taxpayers and underfunded special education costs. The quality of education varies based upon where you live which is both unequal in cost and unfair to the students."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
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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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"The reality in the business world in NH with our current labor shortages is that one must pay a wage higher than the Federal Minimum Wage in order to hire workers in NH. Why don't we memorialize the NH minimum with a NH minimum wage? Currently, we rely on the Federal minimum."
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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?
"People who travel to NH and use legally operated healthcare facilities in NH for health decisions that personally affect them should not be persecuted by other state governments. That is government overreach."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"This is not the government's business. This is a healthcare decision to be made by a woman with her doctor based upon her personal situation."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"This is a Federal enforcement issue, not a State issue."
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Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"I am for stricter background checks and red flag legislation."
