William "Will" Darby
Serving as: NH House Hillsborough County District 11
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?
"Education freedom accounts take money for public schools and predominantly give it to private and religious schools for previously enrolled individuals."
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Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Health care, including abortions, should be the decision of patients and their physicians. The government has no right to interfere with these intensely personal medical decisions."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Health care, including abortions, should be the decision of patients and their physicians. The government has no right to interfere with these intensely personal medical decisions."
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Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Similar to a broad-based sales tax, broad-based income taxes are not necessary to maintain a high-quality of life, and affordable lifestyle, for New Hampshire residents. While a broad-based income tax should be eschewed, taxes for the extremely wealthy should be considered to support the less fortunate."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"New Hampshire maintains a very lean budget by rejecting broad-based taxes and engaging its citizenry. The state can fulfill its obligations to high-quality education, affordable healthcare, and environmental protections with a reasonable balance of taxes from other sources. Sales taxes are particularly regressive."
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Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"New Hampshire businesses receive the benefit of one the most well educated populations, and further the ability to pay a lower wage due to the lack of broad-based income taxes. Therefore, businesses should pay a fair share to maintain a strong, healthy, educated workforce."
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Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"A capital gains tax for high income earners should be considered to pay for state obligations including education, healthcare, and support the underprivileged. Capital gains on primary residences should be exempt. High income individuals receive the vast majority of capital gains. Low and moderate income earners should be exempt from capital gain taxes."
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Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"Climate change is a critical threat to the environment and human way of life. The state's natural environment is a primary factor our quality of life. It will take action at every level, including the state government, to address this threat and protect New Hampshire for the next generation. I co-sponsored HB208 in 2023 to establish a state climate action plan."
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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?
"Provisional ballots disenfranchise eligible voters, and New Hampshire is already one of the most difficult states to execute our constitutional right to vote. Additionally, there are very few proven cases of voter fraud each year. Casting an unauthorized ballot has always been illegal, and existing penalties are sufficient to deter significant voter fraud."
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Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"New Hampshire has a historic deficit of housing units, which is drastically increasing housing costs as observed by recent significant increases in rent and median home prices. While cities such as Nashua and Manchester are adding a large number of new housing units, including affordable and workforce housing, the problem is statewide. Municipalities that maintain large lot size requirements or oppose multi-family units push the housing burden on other New Hampshire communities, and force young people from those communities to move out of state."
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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?
"Renewable energy is the most cost-effective form of electricity generation. New Hampshire should promote green energy production at all levels to reduce the amount produced by fossil fuel generation."
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Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Health care, including abortions, should be the decision of patients and their physicians. The government has no right to interfere with these intensely personal medical decisions."
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Should the state increase funding for child care providers?
"Child care is another crisis in New Hampshire with many families finding it less expensive for one parent to raise children at home. This results in lower workforce participation, which adds to the challenges businesses face in filling open positions. Lowering housing and childcare costs will help young people stay and raise families in New Hampshire."
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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 has a constitutional obligation to provide an adequate education for all New Hampshire children regardless of zip code. While property taxes have a role in the basket of education funding sources, those that benefit from a well-educated population, such as businesses and high income individuals, should also pay a fair share."
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Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"Marijuana should be decriminalized, as the majority of those prosecuted are minorities and low-income individuals. Marijuana for personal use, including growing at home, should be explicitly permitted. State-run cannabis stores are more likely to avoid the problems experienced by other states with significant marijuana black markets and unlicensed facilities. However, licensed growing facilities in the state should be considered to meet the needs to therapeutic and state-run cannabis locations."
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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?
"Marijuana should be decriminalized, as the majority of those prosecuted are minorities and low-income individuals. Marijuana for personal use, including growing at home, should be explicitly permitted. State-run cannabis stores are more likely to avoid the problems experienced by other states with significant marijuana black markets and unlicensed facilities. However, licensed growing facilities in the state should be considered to meet the needs to therapeutic and state-run cannabis locations."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2024
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Marijuana should be decriminalized, as the majority of those prosecuted are minorities and low-income individuals. Marijuana for personal use, including growing at home, should be explicitly permitted. State-run cannabis stores are more likely to avoid the problems experienced by other states with significant marijuana black markets and unlicensed facilities. However, licensed growing facilities in the state should be considered to meet the needs to therapeutic and state-run cannabis locations."
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Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"New Hampshire has the lowest minimum wage in New England, and is on par with Louisiana, Alabama and Oklahoma - which all have a much lower cost of living. New Hampshire has become unaffordable to many young people, forcing them to leave the state. Paying a living wage will allow more New Hampshire graduates to stay and raise a family in the state, as well as attract your people from other states, which will help address lack of qualified job applicants throughout the 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?
"Healthcare decisions, including abortion, should be made between a patient and their physician. Governments of other states have no right to be informed of or interfere in healthcare decisions made within the state of New Hampshire."
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Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Health care, including abortions, should be the decision of patients and their physicians. The government has no right to interfere with these intensely personal medical decisions."
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Should NH require local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement?
"Immigration is an essential ingredient in building New Hampshire's economy. Pitting immigrants against local police departments by requiring them to enforce federal immigration laws will increase distrust between these groups, and result in less reported crime and fewer immigrants supporting the economy."
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Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"I support firearm ownership, and also support commonsense gun safety measures, including comprehensive background checks and limiting dangerous individuals from possessing firearms."
