Elet Valentine's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Colorado State Legislative Election 2014 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? | ||
| Reproductive choices and/or family planning options should be private decisions between a women and her doctor. | |||
1) State Spending:Using the key, 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.2) State Taxes:Using the key, 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.3) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Colorado's budget.
| Maintain Status | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Health care | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Law enforcement/corrections | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Transportation/infrastructure | ||
| Slightly Increase | g) Welfare | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Gas/Oil taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Property taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Sales taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (mid-income families) | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| j) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Establishing a "rainy day" fund | ||
| No | b) Increasing tuition rates at public universities | ||
| No | c) Reducing or eliminating public worker collective bargaining | ||
| No | d) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions | ||
| No | e) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees | ||
| No | f) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| We need to greatly decrease the public financing of the Prison for Profit System (Prison Industrial Complex System). These private prison systems have targeted the citizens of color making them the new staple crop in the State of Colorado. These direct pipelines also feed the school to jail track and mass deportation of immigrants. There should be an increase in technology to correct police accountability with body cameras on ALL officers that come in contact with any civilians while on duty. There should be guarantees that education funds are used in a strict fiduciary capacity. | |||
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 | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Redistricting committees should be representative of the communities that they serve. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | c) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| No | d) Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges? | ||
| No | e) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| A reform of the charge and sentencing schedules should take place to ensure the charge and sentence fits the offense and is appropriate. | |||
| No | a) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| e) Do you support government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | |||
| f) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | |||
| g) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage? | |||
| I support financial incentives for small business in job creation. Large corporations should be incubators for small business and limited on the amount of incentives that can be received to allow for more small business and job creations. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| No | g) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Colorado high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| I believe in equality for all. I do not agree that an out-of state student citizen should pay a higher tuition rate than an undocumented/non-citizen student. If the undocumented student receives in-state tuition at a public university, then all students (including out of state students) attending a public university in Colorado should be charged the same in-state tuition rate. | |||
| Yes | 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)? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support state funding for improvements to Colorado'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? | ||
| I only support "State funding" for the development for traditional domestic energy sources as long as these energy providers are subsidizing costs for product/services back to the citizens of Colorado (i.e. price at the pump). | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun possession? | ||
| I also support yearly continuing education (safety and training) for those in possession of all firearm to ensure proper handling. Also, each firearm registered should be registered with a safety lock as part of the official record. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act? | ||
| 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? | ||
| #C-I agree with the concept of interstate health insurance. I believe in a Universal health care system that should be accepted throughout the United States not limited from state to state. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| Yes | b) Should same-sex couples be allowed to form civil unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Colorado's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Colorado's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| The three important priorities for Colorado I would like to address are Education, the Economy, and the Environment. The current funding sources should be strictly monitored. There is gross mismanagement and misappropriation of state and federal funds. There is also previous legislation that has been passed by the legislature and the vote of the people though Bonds, Amendments, increase of property taxes, etc. for funding purposes. It has been through repeated ?bait and switch tactics? funds were redirected from the projects. Once there is an accountability of project funds to determine a true need of additional funding. |
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