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GST 2018 Candidate Survey
Granite State Taxpayers sent surveys to primary candidates for their positions on taxpayer issues. Granite State Taxpayers protects the rights of New Hampshire taxpayers by advocating for: realistic, balanced budgets without tax increases, reducing government spending...
HB 1264 Signed Into Law
Governor Sununu Signed House Bill 1264 into Law on July 13, 2018. HB 1264 defined residency in a manner compliant with previous court decisions, closing the loophole that allowed residents of other states (6,540 of them in 2016) to vote here. The Governor Issued a...
GST Taxpayer Rights Meeting
The GST Summer Meeting on Taxpayer Rights was a Great Success! Activists came out to hear Chuck Douglas describe the need to get the Standing Amendment passed. The Constitutional Amendment on the ballot would include Taxpayer Standing into our Bill of Rights. The...
GST Files Supreme Court Brief
Granite State Taxpayers Files NH Supreme Court Memorandum Supporting HB 1264. Granite State Taxpayers filed a Memorandum supporting a finding that the House Bill 1264 is constitutional. HB 1264 was passed to clarify a definition of residency compliant with previous...
Summer Meeting Tickets on Sale
Tickets are Now on Sale for the GST Summer Meeting on June 5, 2018! You DON'T need to be a GST member to attend. This meeting will be a kickoff of, and a fund raiser for, our effort to educate voters on CACR15. CACR 15 is a constitutional amendment designed to restore...
Taxpayer Standing On November Ballot
Taxpayer Standing (CACR 15) Will Be on the Ballot this November! CACR 15 proposes a Constitutional amendment enabling taxpayers to bring suits against the government. The NH House and Senate have voted for a constitutional amendment to restore taxpayer standing. CACR...
HB1636 Education Savings Accounts
Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) Are Now In House Bill 1636. Education Savings Accounts (SB193) passed the Senate in March 2017. GST has supported Senate Bill 193 and ESAs since then. House Finance worked to make SB193 less comprehensive and finally recommended...
Governor, Sign Election Law Reform
The Legislature is weighing HB 372 and HB 1264. Both focus on closing current loop holes in the law. HB 372 provides that residence, domicile, and inhabitant shall mean the same for all purposes in statute. HB1264 standardizes definitions of “resident,” “inhabitant,”...
Pass Education Savings Accounts
The NH House will vote May 2, 2018 on SB 193 for creating Education Savings Accounts. SB 193 would establish education savings accounts for children between 5 and 20 years of age. Parents of an eligible student can receive a grant from a scholarship organization to...
Attacks On Election Law Reform
Sen. Regina Birdsell Comments on Efforts to Attack Election Law Reform. Her comments, in the April 27, 2018 New Hampshire Union Leader, are presented below with her permission. Let’s be candid about Kander Sen. Regina Birdsell Failed candidate for U.S. Senate, Jason...