Maureen Blanchard
Running for: NH House Carroll 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?
"I believe the education money should follow the student where ever that child goes to school whether public, private, in home, etc. The student is the consumer and thus should be allowed to receive what is best for them. Let the parents decide how and where their child should be educated."
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Leave it up to the state/voters."
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Leave it up to the state/voters."
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Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"It would kill the state - just look at Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Maine."
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Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Keep New Hampshire 'Live Free or Die' - no sales tax."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"Small businesses need all the help they can get for improvements, research and employee retention. If you let small businesses grow then the state will follow."
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Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Great way to lose residents/businesses and revenue - we want high income residents/businesses because they contribute mightily to a strong economy and also supports philanthropy."
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Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"We should encourage all forms of energy without mandates."
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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?
"There is a housing shortage due in no part to towns making it extremely difficult for housing to be built. There is way to balance new development with quality of life issues. It is an inventory problem. Our locals need help finding housing instead of moving away. Seniors need assistance in finding affordable alternatives than living in there home. It should be a combined effort."
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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?
"Against"
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Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Leave it up to the state/voters."
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Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"If there were to be an increase in child care funding (which I am undecided on) it should go to the parents and not the provider. The money should always go to the consumer/parents to enhance their decision making process."
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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?
"Undecided"
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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?
"I believe Marijuana is the gate way to more harmful drugs which can lead to addiction and more likely death. Marijuana has been found to impair body movement, cognition and memory. And to cause a lot of traffic accidents. Also Fentanyl has been found to be laced in street level Marijuana."
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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?
"I believe Marijuana is the gate way to more harmful drugs which can lead to addiction and more likely death. Marijuana has been found to impair body movement, cognition and memory. And to cause a lot of traffic accidents. Also Fentanyl has been found to be laced in street level Marijuana."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"I believe Marijuana is the gate way to more harmful drugs which can lead to addiction and more likely death. Marijuana has been found to impair body movement, cognition and memory. And to cause a lot of traffic accidents. Also Fentanyl has been found to be laced in street level Marijuana."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"Minimum wage is meant for younger workers just starting out - this would be an indirect tax on the employer/company who may already have a low margin of profit. Just take a look California and see how many businesses had to close because of their increase in minimum wage."
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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?
"We do not want to become a magnet for body mutilation."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Leave it up to the state/voters."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"Local officials should notify (ICE) and if needed to detain illegals."
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Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Against"
