Marites Redding's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Marites Redding has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Georgia State Legislative Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| I respect a woman's right on what to do with her body, but said right stops, the moment the body inside her body exist. The unborn helpless human being inside her exist, it has fundamental rights like her to be born. We have laws that protect the health of women, so it should never be an issue. | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support raising taxes on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | ||
| In order to balance the budget, the government officials should stop wasteful spending, like hiring consultants to study pay scale of employees, how much their raises should be. That's their job, there is no need to pay consultants/research firms to give suggestions to them. Stop creating overlapping positions, redundant positions, it increased red tape and bureaucracy Stop harboring/feeding illegals. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the use of private prisons? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support the legalization of medicinal marijuana in Georgia? | ||
| I would support/propose/co sponsor an additional Five Years mandatory prison time atop any punishment they received to anyone who attack/assault our law enforcers. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Georgia? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| No to cronyism. Help the businesses that really needs help. Not a Payback. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Georgia? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Georgia? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Georgia high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| No CRT. No indoctrination. No sex education for lids History, love for country, pledge of allegiance and the singing national anthem should be back in school as well as basic life skills like planting/gardening as well as good manners and right conduct | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| We should invest in our people's health, having a clean drinking water is a must. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the regulation of campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | d) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| No | e) Do you support expanding access to absentee and early voting? | ||
| We already have enough time to vote early or request for absentee voting. NO absentee ballot should be sent without the required verification of identity and request. | |||
| No | 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 a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| Our second amendment rights should never be infringed. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support a government-run (single-payer) healthcare program such as Medicare-for All? | ||
| No | c) Should an individual have the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | d) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave opportunities? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support lowering the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| Health is wealth. We should take care our people and make sure that they can afford their medications. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Georgia's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Georgia's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Georgia state government in closing gender, racial and other wage gaps? | ||
| Pay/increase/promotion should be based on the accomplishments/performance/experience/intelligence of an individual. | |||
| In the following area, please explain in a total of 100 words or less, any additional priorities of your campaign that have not been covered in these questions. | |||
| In the following area, please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top legislative priority and how you plan to fund it. | |||
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