Sharon Sweda's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Sharon Sweda has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
Ohio State Legislative Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
1) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Ohio's budget.
| No | a) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees? | ||
| No | c) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients? | ||
| Yes | d) An income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support any limits 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? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| Yes | c) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| To further expand upon c), we need to extend greater authority to judges to determine sentencing on a case-by-case basis. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | b) Do you support lowering state taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | c) Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Ohio? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support matching the cost-of-living allowances to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Ohio Public Employee Retirement System (OPERS)? | ||
| To further expand upon c), I believe that there are some instances where the government is overreaching (I see this a lot in the building industry), but I do not believe that we should value the private sector's well-being over the general well-being of the people. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Ohio? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Ohio high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| To further expand upon c), I believe that a base-line across states matter -- and the quality of the standards matters -- but we also need to do more to empower our teachers to teach to our students and not to the test. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| 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 teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| To further expand upon c), I do not believe the burden of safety should fall to our teachers, but I do believe we need increased resource officer placement in the schools and that those officers can carry. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Ohio's health care programs? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| No | f) Should able-bodied citizens Medicaid recipients meet a work requirement to be eligible for benefits? | ||
| No | g) Do you support repealing the state mandated Medicaid expansion? | ||
| h) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Ohio's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Ohio's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Ohio state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| We need to start focusing the state budget on the middle class instead of subsidizing Ohio�s perceived prosperity on our hardest workers. We need to build a system that gives all Ohioans access to health insurance that doesn�t break the bank. We need to reduce the burden on students and teachers and shift our educational emphasis from testing to learning. Most importantly, we need agreements that will bring together members of both sides and end the corruption coming out of Columbus. We need to work for the betterment of all Ohioans on both sides of aisle. |
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