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Corey Stapleton
RWon the General, 2016 Montana Secretary of State
Montana Secretary of State (2017 - Present)
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1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position
Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position
Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position
3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position
Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position
1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position
Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Unknown Position
1. Abortions should always be illegal.
- No Answer
2. Abortions should always be legally available.
- No Answer
3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer
4. Abortions should be legal when pregnancy results from incest, rape or the life of the woman is endangered.
- No Answer
5. Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and notification requirements as decided by each state government.
- No Answer
6. Support prohibition of the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as "partial-birth" abortion.
- X
7. Support "buffer zones" at abortion clinics by requiring demonstrators to remain a certain distance from doorways and driveways.
- No Answer
8. Support prohibition of public funding for abortions and organizations that advocate or perform abortions.
- X
9. Other
- No Answer
1. Corrections
- Maintain Funding Status
2. Education (Higher)
- Maintain Funding Status
3. Education (K-12)
- Slightly Increase Funding
4. Environment
- Slightly Increase Funding
5. Health care
- Maintain Funding Status
6. Law enforcement
- Slightly Increase Funding
7. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
- Maintain Funding Status
8. Welfare
- Slightly Decrease Funding
9. Other
- No Answer
1. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status
2. Capital gains taxes
- Maintain Status
3. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status
4. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Decrease
5. Gambling taxes
- Maintain Status
6. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status
7. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Slightly Decrease
8. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Slightly Decrease
9. Inheritance taxes
- Slightly Decrease
10. Natural resource taxes
- Slightly Decrease
11. Property taxes
- Greatly Decrease
12. Vehicle taxes
- Slightly Decrease
13. Other
- No Answer
14. Should Internet sales be taxed?
- Undecided
15. Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes?
- No
16. Would you support returning any operating surplus to Montana taxpayers?
- Yes
17. Would you support placing any operating surplus into a "rainy day" fund?
- No
18. Should the state reimburse local governments for revenues lost due to state-mandated property tax cuts?
- No
19. Do you support giving cities and counties the ability to enact local sales taxes with voter approval?
- No
20. Do you support requiring a two-thirds vote by lawmakers to approve any new or increased tax or fee?
- No
21. Do you support implementing a state sales tax?
- Yes
22. Do you support using tobacco settlement funds to create a trust fund for future health care needs and tobacco prevention programs?
- Yes
23. Do you support allocating coal tax trust fund money to provide loans and financing to mid-sized businesses and enterprises?
- Yes
1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
- No Answer
2. Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons.
- X
3. End parole for repeat violent offenders.
- No Answer
4. Support the use of the death penalty in Montana.
- X
5. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- No Answer
6. Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community.
- X
7. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- X
8. Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
- No Answer
9. Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
- No Answer
10. Lower the blood-alcohol-content limit defining drunk driving.
- No Answer
11. Prosecute as adults, youths accused of a felony.
- No Answer
12. Increase penalties for crimes committed on school grounds.
- No Answer
13. Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes.
- X
14. Support programs that provide job training and placement services for at-risk youth.
- X
15. Ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers.
- No Answer
16. Other
- No Answer
1. Increase state funds for professional development of public school teachers and administrators.
- No Answer
2. Encourage private or corporate investment in public school programs.
- X
3. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious).
- No Answer
4. Support charter schools where teachers and professionals receive authorization and funding to establish new schools.
- No Answer
5. Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure).
- No Answer
6. Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers.
- No Answer
7. Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
- No Answer
8. Support posting the Ten Commandments in public schools.
- No Answer
9. Require public schools to administer high school exit exams.
- No Answer
10. Support national standards and testing of public school students.
- X
11. Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay.
- X
12. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
- X
13. Allow up to $1000 per year in tax credits to offset expenses for children in public, private and home schools.
- No Answer
14. Require background checks for individuals seeking teaching jobs in Montana schools.
- No Answer
15. Increase funding to state universities for research and technology.
- No Answer
16. Other
- No Answer
1. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- No Answer
2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- X
3. Support limits on cash damages in lawsuits against businesses and professionals for product liability or malpractice.
- No Answer
4. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
- No Answer
5. Give tax credits to business owners which provide employees with health insurance.
- X
6. Support "right-to-work" which forbids an employer and a union from signing a contract which requires affected workers to pay union dues and be union members.
- X
7. Support "paycheck-protection" which requires unions to obtain permission of union members to spend their funds on political matters.
- No Answer
8. Require businesses that receive at least $25,000 in state aid to pay employees a "livable wage," a wage at least 150 percent of the federal poverty level.
- No Answer
9. Other
- No Answer
10. College and university admissions
- No
11. Public employment
- No
12. State contracting
- No
1. Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels to reduce pollution.
- X
2. Support "self-audit" legislation which creates incentives for industries to audit themselves and clean up pollution.
- X
3. Require a cost/benefit analysis to determine the economic impact of proposed environmental regulations before they are implemented.
- No Answer
4. Require states to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses on privately owned land.
- No Answer
5. Support funding for recycling programs in Montana.
- No Answer
6. Request added flexibility from the federal government in enforcing and funding federal environmental regulations.
- X
7. Suspend participation in un-funded, federally-mandated environmental protection legislation.
- No Answer
8. Amend the Montana Constitution to prohibit the state from charging Montanans fees for recreational uses of public lands.
- No Answer
9. Allow new or expanded open-pit gold or silver mines to use cyanide to process ore.
- No Answer
10. Support the Montana Environmental Policy Act.
- No Answer
11. Strengthen arsenic risk-level standards in Montana water.
- No Answer
12. Require mining companies to backfill open pits once mining has ceased.
- No Answer
13. Other
- No Answer
14. Should state environmental regulations be stricter than federal law?
- Yes
1. Do you support the current limit on terms for Montana Governors?
- Yes
2. Do you support the current limit on terms for Montana State Senators and Representatives?
- No
3. Individual
- Yes
4. PAC
- Yes
5. Corporate
- Yes
6. Political Parties
- Yes
7. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
8. Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
- No
9. Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
- No
10. Do you support voting on-line?
- No
11. Do you support on-line voter registration?
- No
12. Do you support increasing the number of signatures required to place an initiative on the ballot?
- Yes
13. Other
- No Answer
1. Ban the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting.
- No Answer
2. Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- X
3. Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer
4. Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer
5. Remove the license requirement for carrying concealed guns.
- No Answer
6. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns.
- No Answer
7. Require background checks of gun buyers at gun shows.
- No Answer
8. Require a license for gun possession.
- No Answer
9. Other
- No Answer
1. Provide tax incentives to small businesses that provide health care to their employees.
- X
2. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state funded care where necessary.
- No Answer
3. Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs.
- No Answer
4. Use state funds to continue some Medicaid coverage for legal immigrants.
- No Answer
5. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- No Answer
6. Support a patient's right to sue his or her HMO.
- No Answer
7. Support a patient's right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied.
- X
8. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- X
9. Increase funding to Montana's mental health program.
- No Answer
10. Other
- No Answer
1. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
- X
2. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- No Answer
3. Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support.
- X
4. Increase state funding for Head Start in order to serve additional children and/or increase services from a half to a full day.
- No Answer
5. Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
- No Answer
6. Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans, and job training and placement.
- No Answer
7. Prohibit video poker in Montana.
- No Answer
8. Support tax credits for child day care expenses.
- X
9. Other
- No Answer
10. Should physician assisted suicide be legally available in Montana?
- Yes
11. Should Montana include sexual orientation in its anti-discrimination laws?
- No
12. Should Montana recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- No
13. Should Montana restrict marriage to a relationship only between a man and a woman?
- Yes
1. Maintain current time limits on welfare benefits.
- No Answer
2. Maintain the requirement that able-bodied recipients work in order to receive benefits.
- X
3. Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- No Answer
4. Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients.
- No Answer
5. Provide child care for welfare recipients who work.
- No Answer
6. Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
- No Answer
7. Allow welfare recipients to remain eligible for benefits while saving money for education, starting a business, or buying a home.
- No Answer
8. Limit benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare.
- X
9. Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
- No Answer
10. Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.
- No Answer
11. Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to expand state services to include the working poor.
- No Answer
12. Allow the state to lend money at reduced interest rates to low income Montanans for home purchases and repairs.
- No Answer
13. Other
- No Answer
