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West Virginia State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | |||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| b. is already legal but feel that if done should be done as soon as possible after occurrence and patient should treated as appropriate for emotional issues and have say in matter | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| b) In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | |||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing personal property taxes? | ||
| a. would support freezing legislators pay and eliminating legislator pensions b. do not want to increase any income tax but would support eliminating some deductions that only apply to some people | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| f) Do you support creating an intermediate state court of appeals? | |||
| f. need to due more research on this and get cost and benefit of doing so | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | |||
| Yes | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| d) Do you support the use of private prisons in West Virginia? | |||
| e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | |||
| b. this would depend on circumstances and the degree of the crime. as a case where 2 young people had a fight and one fell and was seriously hurt which was not intended d need to due more research on this to answer e. if repeat offenders and support rehabilitation for those charged with use. Would support mandatory rehab for any who have been administered Narcan. Treatment would cost less than incaranation in long run. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| d) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | |||
| No | e) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of West Virginia? | ||
| f) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | |||
| Yes | g) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| d. if children are involved and there is a history of substance abuse f. in limited circumstances g. only ic limited circumstances and limited only to loss | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in West Virginia? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in West Virginia? | |||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from West Virginia high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| c. support fair wage and benefits in relation to private sector but the state can not compare only to other states have to take into consideration cost of living and differences in wages of different state | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| b. on a limited scale | |||
| Yes | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| No | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom after passing gun safety training? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| b. but sellers should be able to refuse to sell to anyone that they do not feel conformable selling to | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through West Virginia's health care programs? | |||
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| b. need to research coverage now in place f. if person has illness should all be covered in same way | |||
| a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in West Virginia's anti-discrimination laws? | |||
| b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in West Virginia's anti-discrimination laws? | |||
| c) Do you support greater efforts by West Virginia state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | |||
| d) Do you support expanding anti-discrimination laws to include hair textures and protective hairstyles? | |||
| for this section all should be treated equal we need to stop dividing our country and view all equal. Every time we divide and make another class we weaken our country. All are equal | |||
| When viewing the areas of industries and property owners we need to be aware that at times property owners are taken advantage of. In case of mineral leases companies will intentional be on the verge of dishonesty about what they are leasing and will include different layers of minerals when they have the knowledge that in the future they will be producing them. | |||
| Working for the people and concentrating on preventive maintenance of our roads and getting dept of highways fair pay so that they will have the personnel to maintain the roads. Feel this would self fund as with better roads business and tourism would increase. |
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