Granite State Taxpayers Announces 2016 Candidate Surveys and Legislative Scorecard
Granite State Taxpayers 2016 Candidate Surveys and Scorecard for Incumbent Legislators are posted at:
www.GraniteStateTaxpayers.org
“Granite State Taxpayers protects the rights of New Hampshire taxpayers by advocating for laws and regulations beneficial to taxpayers, for reducing government spending, and for more efficient government services,” said Ray Chadwick, Vice Chairman of the Granite State Taxpayers Board of Directors. “A legislator’s past voting record is relevant to deciding whether to support them if they are running for reelection in 2016. A candidate’s positions on topics of interest to taxpayers are also relevant. We’ve posted that information on our website for voters to review. Considering the viewpoints of candidates on a variety of issues of importance to taxpayers is highly pertinent to the choices to be made in the voting booth.”
In August 2016, GST began a review of the voting record of NH House and Senate legislators in the past session to determine how their votes support issues and programs that are beneficial to the interests of New Hampshire taxpayers. It also sent questionnaires to primary candidates for New Hampshire State offices (Governor, Executive Council, Senate and House) to determine their positions on topics of interest to taxpayers.
The surveys covered issues such as the overall tax burden in New Hampshire, efforts to control state spending, Right-to-Work, RGGI, pension reform, voter law, educational funding, Medicaid expansion and gambling. Candidates were scored from 0% to 100% based upon their agreement with the Granite State Taxpayers positions.
“All of these are issues that relate to the level of state funding, to taxes, to the ability to balance budgets, to reduction and management of State obligations or to providing a business climate conducive to expanding our current business base and attracting others,” said Chadwick.
Information regarding candidates is available at www.GraniteStateTaxpayers.org
Separate links on the Home page lead to the survey of candidates for the NH House and Senate and to the survey of candidates for Governor and the Executive Council.
Other links on the Home page lead to the Legislative Scorecard, enabling one to review the voting history of incumbents running for election.
Granite State Taxpayers is New Hampshire’s oldest statewide taxpayer association. Founded in 1990 by former Governor Mel Thomson and former State Senator George Lovejoy, our mission is to inform, educate and motivate New Hampshire taxpayers and to lobby the legislature on their behalf.