Lynn Stanley's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Lynn Stanley has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2016 Political Courage Test.
Montana State Legislative Election 2016 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| No | b) Should abortions be illegal after the first trimester of pregnancy? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
| No | g) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures? | ||
| No | h) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I believe the choices to have an abortion, have a child, or start a family occur within the privacy guaranteed by the Montana Constitution, and generally must be exercised freely in a country founded on liberty. This is an intimate area where the government has no place. I also believe this is a cultural issue that should be addressed in homes, churches, and other organizations- not in the political arena, where it often hamstrings public process. | |||
Indicate 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.3) State Taxes:Indicate 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.
| Slightly Increase | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Slightly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Health care | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Law enforcement/corrections | ||
| Greatly Increase | f) Transportation/infrastructure | ||
| Slightly Increase | g) Welfare | ||
| Slightly Increase | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Small business taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Gas/Oil taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Property taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (mid-income families) | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| j) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| The ability to have increases in these areas depends of course on sufficient revenues. By investing in education we can prepare students for better jobs. The more of those we have, the more revenues can expand- not because of higher tax rates but because of job growth. | |||
a) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions for state candidates?
| Yes | 1) Individual | ||
| Yes | 2) Political Action Committee | ||
| Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
| Yes | 4) Political Party | ||
| Yes | b) Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| 3) Corporate contributions are and should be illegal. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana? | ||
| No | d) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| e) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | |||
| Yes | f) Do you support delaying the seizure of assets by law enforcement officials until after a conviction? | ||
| I support incarceration as a means of separating predators from the rest of society. Alternatives to incarceration need to be backed up by consequences for failing to participate, or they have no teeth. Enforcing such consequences requires investment in drug treatment, mental health treatment, law enforcement, and the justice system. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | b) Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
| No | e) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | h) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | ||
| Yes | i) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage? | ||
| No | j) Should employers be able to ask about applicants' criminal history before interviewing them? | ||
| No | k) Do you support transferring the control over some federal land to the Montanan state government? | ||
| l) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support a merit pay system for teachers? | ||
| Yes | c) Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers? | ||
| No | d) Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school? | ||
| No | e) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
| Yes | g) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Montana high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| g) Illegal immigrants graduating from Montana schools should have to meet the same residency requirements as anyone else in qualifying for in-state tuition. But I don't think they should receive state aid for tuition. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support state funding for improvements to Montana's energy infrastructure? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support increased regulations of the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry? | ||
| Working toward a clean and renewable energy future is central to everyone's wellbeing given the threats posed by climate change. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| No | c) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun possession? | ||
| Our society is becoming increasingly violent and we need to take some common sense steps for the sake of public safety and public health. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| c) Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? | |||
| Yes | d) Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | f) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | ||
| I support reforms to the cost of healthcare and healthcare insurance, and improving delivery and access to healthcare. I support the ACA and believe it was a major first step in addressing these issues. But other steps must be taken, including the ability to negotiate prices of prescription drugs; coming up with the nuances to make the laws work better for dentists and other kinds of providers as well as medical providers. There is still a lot of work to be done. A single payer system would make it unnecessary to require individuals to opt in. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Montana's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Montana's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Improve infrastructure, creating jobs that will expand tax revenue and help with funding. Increase funding for education, including a pre-K program and funds for Special Ed. Pay for it partly with oil and gas taxes. If gambling taxes and/or lottery revenue, originally intended to support education, now go into the general fund, they should be directed back to education. Guarantee public access to public lands, in part by rejecting moves to turn over federal lands to state control. |
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