Ellen Read

Ellen Read
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the Rockingham 17 district
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 2016
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic (2016-2021) (2022-Present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (2021-2022)
Residence(s)Newmarket, New Hampshire, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of New Hampshire (MA) Vanderbilt University (BS)
Websitehttps://www.ellen4nh.com/

Ellen Read is a New Hampshire politician. She is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[1]

Career

On November 8, 2016, Read was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives where she represents the Rockingham 17 district. Read is a Democrat.[2] Read serves on the Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee.[3] Read endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[4] She is the founder of the New Hampshire Progressive Caucus.[1] She has served on the Special Committee on Housing since its formation in 2022.[1]

In 2021, Read left the Democratic party to sit as an independent. She cited issues with Democratic Party leadership, specifically with alleged corruption by Representative Cathryn Harvey.[5] She caucused with fellow independent Tony Labranche for the remainder of the term.[6] In 2022, Read re-joined the Democratic Party and won another term as State Representative.[1] She was re-elected again in 2024.

Personal life

Read grew up the eldest of five in south Memphis, Tennessee.[1] Read holds a master’s degree in liberal studies – environmental and socioeconomic ethics and policy from the UNH (2011), as well as a BS in molecular and cellular biology from Vanderbilt University (2003), with a double minor in religious studies and Japanese.[1] She has worked as a high school teacher in Japan (2003-2006) as well as an adjunct professor of American government at Great Bay Community College.[1] Read has resided in Newmarket, New Hampshire, since 2009.[1][7]

Political positions

Read is considered a progressive representative.[5]

Constitutional reform

In 2018 and 2020, Read sponsored a constitutional amendment to the New Hampshire Constitution to allow for recall elections.[8][9]

In 2022, Read co-sponsored a constitutional amendment to allow for citizen-led initiatives.[10]

In 2024, Read introduced a constitutional amendment to make the default oath of office be the non-religious oath.[11]

Criminal justice reform

In 2022, Read co-sponsored a House Resolution urging Congress to remove the exception from the 13th Amendment: "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted."[12]

In 2024, Read co-sponsored a bill to establish an affirmative defense to the crime of resisting arrest that the arrest was unlawful or constitutional.[13]

Electoral reform

Read has been vocal about overturning Citizens United v. FEC and has proposed multiple bills that have to do with corporate and private funding of elections.[14] in 2024, she introduced House Resolution calling on Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to distinguish between corporate and individual rights.[15]

In 2017, Read sponsored a bill to allow for no-excuse absentee voting.[16]

In 2019, Read co-sponsored a proposed constitutional amendment to allow for no-excuse absentee voting.[17]

Read is a leading advocate for ranked choice voting. Read has repeatedly introduced bills to implement ranked choice voting in New Hampshire.[18][19][20][21][22]

Read has repeatedly introduced bills to create an Election Day Holiday.[23]

Environment

In 2024, Read co-sponsored a bill to prohibit "single-use disposable plastic foodware accessories.".[24] Read also co-sponsored a bill to limit the use of unmarked police cruisers in traffic enforcement.[25] Read also co-sponsored a bill to require all municipal police department owned vehicles bear a municipal police license plate and prohibiting officers from using a vehicle that does not bear such plate.[26]

Housing policy

In 2022, Read co-sponsored a bill to abolish single-family zoning and allow up to four units by-right.[27]

In 2023, Read proposed a bill to limit rental application fees.[28] Read also sponsored a bill to limit municipal zoning ordinances to only those dealing with the health and safety of residents.[29] Read also introduced a bill to create a right to legal counsel for tenants in eviction proceedings.[30] In 2024, Read proposed a bill to allow two Accessory Dwelling Units by-right.[31] Read proposed a bill to allow municipalities to adopt rent control measures.[32] Read co-sponsored a bill to prohibit zoning ordinances from restricting the number of occupants in a residential rental property to less than 2 occupants per bedroom.[33]

Reproductive rights

In 2024, Read proposed a bill to create a right to sterilization.[34]

Workers' rights

In 2022, Read introduced a bill to require certain large employers to post work schedules seven days in advance and additionally provided for rest periods for employees.[35] Read also co-sponsored a constitutional amendment that would provide "that all workers have a right to a minimum wage that provides them with well-being and a dignified existence.".[36]

2024 Read introduced legislation to create a 4-day work week.[37]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Representative Ellen Read (D)". New Hampshire General Court. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ellen Read". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee Webpage". Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  4. ^ "Bernie 2020 rolls out New Hampshire endorsements". vtdigger.org. VTDigger. May 15, 2019. Archived from the original on May 16, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Graham, Michael (2022-01-04). "NH Rep Dogged by Ethics Questions Steals Magazines Over Anti-Dem Articles". NH Journal. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  6. ^ Graham, Michael (2022-01-19). "BREAKING: Two More NH House Dems To Defect From Caucus". NH Journal. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  7. ^ "Ellen Read". Citizens Count. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  8. ^ "CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 18". The New Hampshire General Court.
  9. ^ "CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 16". The New Hampshire General Court.
  10. ^ "CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 17". The New Hampshire General Court.
  11. ^ "CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 21". The New Hampshire General Court.
  12. ^ "HOUSE RESOLUTION 18". General Court of NH.
  13. ^ "HB 1026 relative to resisting arrest". The New Hampshire General Court.
  14. ^ "HB 1147 relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions". The New Hampshire General Court.
  15. ^ "HR 26 urging Congress to adopt a constitutional amendment to distinguish between corporate and individual rights". The New Hampshire General Court.
  16. ^ "HOUSE BILL 622-FN-LOCAL". The New Hampshire General Court.
  17. ^ "CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 6". The New Hampshire General Court.
  18. ^ "HB 1264 – As Introduced". 2022.
  19. ^ "HB 1482-FN – As Introduced". 2022.
  20. ^ "N.H. considers ranked-choice voting for primary". Press Herald. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  21. ^ "New Hampshire Considers Ranked Choice Voting for Primary". New Hampshire Public Radio. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  22. ^ "Advocates make their case for ranked choice voting | Manchester Ink Link". 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  23. ^ "HOUSE BILL 1213-FN". General Court of NH.
  24. ^ "HB 1207 relative to single-use disposable plastic foodware accessories". The New Hampshire General Court.
  25. ^ "HB 1237 relative to the use of unmarked or stealth police vehicles for traffic enforcement". The New Hampshire General Court.
  26. ^ "HB 1238 requiring all municipal police department vehicles to bear municipal police license plates". The New Hampshire General Court.
  27. ^ "HOUSE BILL 1177". General Court of NH.
  28. ^ "HB 283 relative to rental application fees charged to prospective tenants". The New Hampshire General Court.
  29. ^ "HB 1297 relative to the authority of municipalities to enforce ordinances related to health and safety". The New Hampshire General Court.
  30. ^ "HB 379 requiring notice be provided to tenants during residential eviction proceedings regarding legal counsel". The New Hampshire General Court.
  31. ^ "HOUSE BILL 1291". The New Hampshire General Court.
  32. ^ "HB 1362 relative to authorizing municipalities to stabilize rent increases in rental housing". The New Hampshire General Court.
  33. ^ "HB 1281 relative to zoning restrictions on residential rental property". The New Hampshire General Court.
  34. ^ "HB 1067 relative to a patient's right to sterilization treatment". The New Hampshire General Court.
  35. ^ "HOUSE BILL 1094". The New Hampshire General Court.
  36. ^ "CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 28". The New Hampshire General Court.
  37. ^ "HB 1668 relative to establishing a 4-day work week". The New Hampshire General Court.


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