Jeff Locke's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Jeff Locke refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
Kansas State Legislative Election 2010 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
| b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy? | |||
| c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | |||
| Yes | d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? | ||
| Yes | e) Should it be illegal to perform a late-term abortion for mental health reasons? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
| Yes | h) Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods? | ||
| Yes | i) Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs? | ||
| a & b) I believe abortion is eugenics at its base and more of a scar on our country's perception of values. Innocent lives are in peril. A child is not a choice! (But the doctor/patient/child relationship should be left alone.) | |||
1) State SpendingIndicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.2) State TaxesIndicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.3) Budget StabilizationIndicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Kansas' budget.
| Maintain Status | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Health care | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Law enforcement | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Welfare | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Greatly Decrease | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Eliminate | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Property taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | f) Sales taxes | ||
| Eliminate | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | j) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Yes | a) Establishing a "rainy day" fund | ||
| No | b) Instituting a tax on sugary beverages | ||
| Yes | c) Eliminating the sales tax exemption for residential water, electric, and natural gas bills | ||
| No | d) Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders | ||
| No | e) Increasing tuition rates at public universities | ||
| Yes | f) Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees | ||
| No | g) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | ||
| Yes | h) Privatizing certain government services | ||
| Revenue neutral in times of recession. | |||
| I support Plan B3 a fair tax model endorsed by D. Arthur Hall of KU! | |||
| e) (not a role of government) i)The Plan B3 endorsed by www.fairtaxKC.org is what I wish to debate if elected by the citizens of the State house 2nd district | |||
c) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?
| Yes | a) Do you support limits on the number of terms for Kansas governors? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support limits on the number of terms for Kansas state legislators? | ||
| Yes | 1) Individual | ||
| Yes | 2) Political Action Committee | ||
| Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
| Yes | 4) Political Party | ||
| Yes | d) Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
| Influence of $ into elections can be a problem as can the limitation of $ available to campaign to run a race. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
| No | c) Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized? | ||
| d) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | |||
| e) Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges? | |||
| Yes | f) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support a ban on smoking in the gaming areas of state-owned casinos? | ||
| Medicinal non-smoking marijuana as a tablet under an MD's oversight should be developed for pain management but not the smoking variety. The policy should be judged on a case by case basis. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | b) Do you support increasing the number of electronic gaming machines permitted in Kansas? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
| No | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | f) Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | g) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | ||
| Government should not pick winners and losers by inflicting government funding into the equation. | |||
| No | a) Do you support national education standards? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams? | ||
| No | c) Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | e) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
| No | f) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Kansas high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| As an educator at the high school and community-college level for over 20 years the governments attempts always hurt local control and limited government litmus tests. ASSESSMENT is needed! | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)? | ||
| No | c) Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops? | ||
| No | d) Do you support state funding for improvements to Kansas' energy infrastructure? | ||
| No | e) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | ||
| No | f) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| Using the government like a "union" leads to a dependency on government and we are paying that price right now in higher taxes and a declining population in KS. | |||
| No | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| No | b) Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring a license for gun possession? | ||
| Individual rights of private citizens should not be infringed upon by a well-meaning but misguided government. * We have the right to fail and the right to attempt to succeed. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? | ||
| No | d) Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
| No | f) Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Kansas? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | ||
| As addressed no smoking but in a tablet or capsul form of delivery. Smoking of marijuana should NOT be permitted for any health reason. | |||
| Yes | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
| No | b) Should Kansas allow same-sex couples to form civil unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support state funding for stem cell research? | ||
| No | d) Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research? | ||
| No | e) Do you support the state's use of affirmative action? | ||
| No | f) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Kansas' anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | g) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Kansas' anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| c) (adult stem cell)! h) What happens behind closed doors is between adults but changing the definition of marriage will not change that. *Fair tax B3 will get the government out of social engineering! | |||
| I endorse the full debate of the fair tax plan known as Plan B3 to grow our economy and bring jobs to Kansas! I support the aims of candidate Kris Kobach and his plan to eliminate systematic voter fraud. And I seek the protection of the nuclear family and their bottom-line quality of life through clean coal and nuclear plant developments here in Kansas! (And transmission of that energy to all KS.) |
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