Will Hurley
Running for: NH House Strafford County District 12
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?
"Money going to EFAs should be going into our public education system. Private school and home school are not public institutions and therefore should not receive public funding."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?
"We should not even be wasting time on bathroom bills. It is a nearly impossible thing to enforce and is rooted in bigotry. Let people pee in peace. We have elderly people applying to get into homeless shelters because they can no longer pay the property taxes on their homes."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation)?
"This decision should be between the woman and her doctor. The state has no right in this conversation."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"This decision should be between the woman and her doctor. The state has no right in this conversation."Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"Broad-based income tax should be one of the last resorts for creating revenue in our state. There are a lot of other creative ways to build revenue outside of income and salex tax."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"More than a third of our revenue in our state is from corporate taxes. Lowering corporate taxes would again shift that burden onto our local communities, who are at a breaking point. If we lower business taxes, we need to have a plan for where our revenue will be coming from. Cutting taxes with no plan is financially irresponsible."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"If we want to keep young families in our state, we need to get creative solutions for our housing crisis."Against| 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?
"Absolutely not. We should instead focus entirely on cheaper, safer, and immediately available renewable alternatives like offshore wind, solar, and battery storage. SMRs still create radioactive waste, and our country still lacks a permanent, long-term national disposal facility. Currently 600 metric tons of high-level spent nuclear fuel is stored on-site at the Seabrook nuclear power plant. This is not the way forward."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?
"Expanding net metering opportunities will boost renewable energy generation, increase grid resiliency, and help businesses lower their operating costs."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire restore funding for the Office of the Child Advocate?
"The cuts to the Office of The Child Advocate has caused direct harm to the state's ability to protect kids. Response times for crisis calls have slowed from 48 hours to up to five business days. This is unacceptable. Reinstate the interests and dividends tax and this and other services can be well-funded."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"This decision should be between the woman and her doctor. The state has no right in this conversation."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?
"NH lost between $150 million and $180 million in annual revenue removing the interest and dividends tax. That revenue burden was passed onto local municipalities, who are forced to raise property taxes to make up for it."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?
"We need to standardize public school funding so our communities that aren't as affluent aren't continually left behind. Working class communities have the right to a well-funded public education as much as our upper-middle class communities."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?
"This is a no-brainer. Many NH residents already pour money into cannabis in our neighboring states. That revenue should stay in NH and it should be taxed, using that money to help off-set our outrageously high property taxes."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?
"This is a no-brainer. Many NH residents already pour money into cannabis in our neighboring states. That revenue should stay in NH and it should be taxed, using that money to help off-set our outrageously high property taxes."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"This is a no-brainer. Many NH residents already pour money into cannabis in our neighboring states. That revenue should stay in NH and it should be taxed, using that money to help off-set our outrageously high property taxes."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?
"The right to vote is one of our most precious liberties. Any impediments to that right is voter suppression."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?
"Open enrollment makes small, rural communities feel more financial strain than more affluent cities. Open enrollment would only be effective if we removed the burden of funding local schools off the local communities."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"This decision should be between the woman and her doctor. The state has no right in this conversation."Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?
"The state should be assisting in creating a well-financed public education system, not capping our schools and our children's futures."For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2026
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Schools need to continue to be gun-free zones and we need to have stricter laws on people obtaining firearms who have severe mental health disorders."
