Arya Shams
Completed our 2026 State Candidate Survey
Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
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?
"No. The families saving money are the same families with enough money to pay tuition to begin with. At least bring back income caps. It's just another wealth transfer."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire’s anti-discrimination law allow segregation based on biological sex in some settings, such as bathrooms and locker rooms?
"Against"Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"Against"Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Against"Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"NH doesn't have a revenue problem...it has a 'priorities problem.'"Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"We're third in the country in property taxes. These businesses have gotten enough cuts since 2016."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"The rental vacancy in New Hampshire is 0.6% and the average home above 500k. This isn't a housing shortage; it's a housing crisis."Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire do more to encourage the development of nuclear power, including small modular reactors (SMR), in the state?
"I would need more details- especially proof of ratepayer protections"For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
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?
"More local control to push back against arbitrary rate hikes."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire restore funding for the Office of the Child Advocate?
"This is just a silly question on its face; should we defund a system literally designed to catching the children falling through the cracks?? Their failure will cost us exponentially more in the future."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"For"For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?
"Should have never revealed it. Shifted the onus to renters."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Do you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?
"50th in public education funding. We need to get our priorities straight."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"Legalize it and then get out of the way. My preference would be giving first bid permits to those caught in the criminal justice system due to past cannabis charges"For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"Legalize it and then get out of the way. My preference would be giving first bid permits to those caught in the criminal justice system due to past cannabis charges"Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Legalize it and then get out of the way. My preference would be giving first bid permits to those caught in the criminal justice system due to past cannabis charges"Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire require new voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, when registering to vote?
"Voter fraud is essentially non-existent for non citizens in New Hampshire. A fake solution for an orchestrated problem."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire allow at least 10% of students in each school district to enroll in a different public school, regardless of where they live?
"Fix the funding gap first. This is just another mechanism to pull resources from the districts that need them most, disguised as 'local control'."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"For"Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?
"Again.. shifting the onus from the state to the localities. Districts already can't raise what they need without hammering homeowners. A cap would make things worse."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"A universal background check isn't akin to taking your guns. There are more firearms in this country than people. It isn't controversial to want more education and safer storage practices."
