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1. Abortions should always be illegal.
- X
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. Prohibit 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. Prohibit public funding for abortions and organizations that advocate or perform abortions.
- X
9. Other
- No Answer
1. Corrections
- Slightly Decrease Funding
2. Education (Higher)
- Maintain Funding Status
3. Education (K-12)
- Maintain Funding Status
4. Environment
- Slightly Increase Funding
5. Health care
- Slightly Increase Funding
6. Law enforcement
- Maintain Funding Status
7. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
- Maintain Funding Status
8. Welfare
- Maintain Funding Status
9. Other
- No Answer
1. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status
2. Capital gains taxes
- Greatly Decrease
3. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status
4. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Decrease
5. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status
6. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Maintain Status
7. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- No Answer
8. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate
9. Property taxes
- Slightly Decrease
10. Sales taxes
- Maintain Status
11. Vehicle taxes
- Maintain Status
12. Other
- No Answer
13. Should Internet sales be taxed?
- No Answer
14. Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes?
- Yes
15. Would you support returning any operating surplus to Michigan taxpayers?
- Yes
16. Would you support placing any operating surplus into a "rainy day" fund?
- No Answer
17. Do you support implementing a state earned income tax credit?
- 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.
- No Answer
3. End parole for repeat violent offenders.
- X
4. Implement the death penalty in Michigan.
- No Answer
5. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X
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.
- No Answer
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.
- X
16. Extend the amount of time allowed to issue criminal charges when DNA evidence is involved.
- X
17. Other
- No Answer
1. Increase state funds for professional development of public school teachers and administrators.
- X
2. Encourage private or corporate investment in public school programs.
- X
3. Support charter schools where teachers and professionals receive authorization and funding to establish new schools.
- X
4. Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure).
- X
5. Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers.
- X
6. Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
- No Answer
7. Support posting the Ten Commandments in public schools.
- X
8. Require public schools to administer high school exit exams.
- X
9. Support national standards and testing of public school students.
- X
10. Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay.
- X
11. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
- No Answer
12. Eliminate the cap on the number of charter schools allowed by the state.
- X
13. Support transferring oversight of troubled school districts to the state.
- No Answer
14. Provide state funded tuition vouchers to allow parents to transfer their children from public schools with low graduation rates to any non-public school.
- X
15. Reduce the state per-student allowance to offset voucher funding.
- No Answer
16. Other
- No Answer
1. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- X
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.
- X
4. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
- X
5. Other
- No Answer
1. College and university admissions
- Yes
2. Public employment
- No Answer
3. State contracting
- Yes
4. Other
- No Answer
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.
- X
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 Michigan.
- X
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. Replace local water commissions with a state Regional Water and Sewer Authority.
- No Answer
9. Increase state funding for road construction and maintenance.
- No Answer
10. Require that ballast water brought into Michigan waterways be sterilized.
- X
11. Other
- No Answer
12. Should state environmental regulations be stricter than federal law?
- No Answer
13. Should the Michigan state government have authority over the sale and transfer of water from the Great Lakes?
- Yes
1. Do you support the limit on terms for Michigan Governors?
- Yes
2. Do you support the limit on terms for Michigan State Senators and Representatives?
- Yes
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?
- Yes
11. Do you support on-line voter registration?
- Yes
12. Do you support requiring a two-thirds vote in the Michigan Legislature to enact legislation that would overrule local ordinances?
- No
13. Should Michigan Supreme Court justices be appointed instead of elected?
- No
14. 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. Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.
- X
6. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns.
- X
7. Require background checks of gun buyers at gun shows.
- X
8. Require a license for gun possession.
- No Answer
9. Hold gun owners, who do not properly store their guns, criminally and civilly liable for crimes committed by minors using their guns.
- X
10. Prohibit the carrying of guns on school grounds.
- No Answer
11. Other
- No Answer
12. Should Michigan cities and counties be prohibited from suing gun manufacturers and dealers for damages?
- Yes
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.
- X
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.
- X
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.
- No Answer
9. Allow health care providers and health care facilities to refuse services to which they morally object.
- X
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.
- X
3. Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support.
- No Answer
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.
- X
6. Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans, and job training and placement.
- X
7. Allow parents to leave unwanted newborn infants at hospitals, police stations, or fire departments without facing criminal charges.
- X
8. Other
- No Answer
9. Should physician-assisted suicide be legally available in Michigan?
- No
10. Should Michigan include sexual orientation in its anti-discrimination laws?
- No Answer
11. Should Michigan recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- No
12. Should Michigan restrict marriage to a relationship only between a man and a woman?
- Yes
1. Maintain current time limits on welfare benefits.
- X
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.
- X
4. Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients.
- X
5. Provide child care for welfare recipients who work.
- X
6. Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
- X
7. Allow welfare recipients to remain eligible for benefits while saving money for education, starting a business, or buying a home.
- X
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.
- X
11. Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to expand state services to include the working poor.
- X
12. Other
- No Answer
Please explain what your two main legislative priorities will be if elected. Please explain how you would obtain any additional government funding needed to implement these priorities.
- My main priority is to enhanceaccess to health care for the working uninsured. It is vital that we create community-based programs that reach out and offer those members of our community who are working the assurance that they will be covered in case of accident or illness.
My second priority is to change our criminal justice system so that non-violent persons are punished in the community and those convicted of drug possession are mandated to comply with drug treatment.
