Maurice Regan
Running for: NH House Merrimack County District 12
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?
"Generally, no. 'Free' public education has a long history of benefits since its inception. Chipping away at 'per-pupil' share ignores basic cost accounting principles."
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"The matter of an abortion is a matter between a woman and her physician."
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"The matter of an abortion is a matter between a woman and her physician."
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Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Not a regressive tax but not acceptable to most NH citizens."
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Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"Sales taxes are regressive."
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Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"Undecided"
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Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"Undecided"
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Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"Many actions need to be taken."
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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?
"I am unsure if this is just a 'hot button' issue with no practical significance. Where is the data that people arrive to vote both unregistered and without identifying documents?"
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Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"This is a complex area and clearly needs doses of local control."
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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?
"Again, the marketplace."
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Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"The matter of an abortion is a matter between a woman and her physician."
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Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"Again, a marketplace argument that needs careful consideration."
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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 state constitution specifies an 'adequate education' yet we have not figured out how to fund that. Left unexamined is an overall of public education in NH."
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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?
"Against"
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Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"Given the marketplace, there is no need to raise the 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?
"I believe this is probably unnecessary."
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Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"The matter of an abortion is a matter between a woman and her physician."
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Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"'Local' law enforcement should cooperate with federal agencies as we do now."
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Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"We have many guns in this country. The trick is to keep these guns away from the wrong people."
