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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.
- X
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.
- No Answer
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. Education (Higher)
- Slightly Increase Funding
2. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase Funding
3. Environment
- No Answer
4. Health care
- Maintain Funding Status
5. Law enforcement
- No Answer
6. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
- No Answer
7. Welfare
- Slightly Decrease Funding
8. Other
- No Answer
1. Alcohol taxes
- Slightly Increase
2. Cigarette taxes
- Greatly Increase
3. Corporate taxes
- No Answer
4. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status
5. Inheritance taxes
- Greatly Decrease
6. Mineral taxes
- No Answer
7. Property taxes
- Slightly Decrease
8. Sales taxes
- No Answer
9. Vehicle taxes
- No Answer
10. Other
- No Answer
11. Should Internet sales be taxed?
- No
12. Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes?
- Yes
13. Would you support returning any operating surplus to South Dakota taxpayers?
- Undecided
14. Would you support placing any operating surplus into a "rainy day" fund?
- Yes
15. Do you support amending the South Dakota Constitution to create a state income tax?
- Undecided
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. Support the use of the death penalty in South Dakota.
- 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.
- X
10. Lower the blood-alcohol-content limit defining drunk driving.
- No Answer
11. Prosecute as adults, youths accused of a felony.
- X
12. Increase penalties for crimes committed on school grounds.
- X
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. Provide state funds to study problems highlighted by federal reports concerning the treatment of Native Americans by South Dakota's criminal justice system.
- No Answer
17. Establish a statewide public defender program.
- No Answer
18. Support training tribal police at the state law enforcement academy.
- No Answer
19. Support the current boot camp system for juvenile offenders.
- No Answer
20. 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. 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).
- X
6. Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers.
- X
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.
- X
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. Create a uniform test for home-schooled students to evaluate their education.
- X
14. Increase state funding for schools on tribal lands.
- X
15. 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.
- No Answer
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.
- X
5. Repeal the state's "right to work" provision.
- X
6. Create a Civil Rights Commission for Native Americans.
- X
7. Other
- No Answer
1. College and university admissions
- No
2. Public employment
- No
3. State contracting
- No
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.
- No Answer
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.
- X
5. Support funding for recycling programs in South Dakota.
- 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. Restructure the electric utility industry to allow consumers to choose their power companies.
- No Answer
9. Increase state funds to study the effects of genetically engineered crops on local environments.
- No Answer
10. Increase state funds to clean up junk cars, tires and abandoned buildings across the state.
- X
11. Other
- No Answer
12. Should state environmental regulations be stricter than federal law?
- Undecided
1. Do you support the current limit on terms for South Dakota Governors?
- No
2. Do you support the current limit on terms for South Dakota State Senators and Representatives?
- No
3. Individual
- Undecided
4. PAC
- Undecided
5. Corporate
- Undecided
6. Political Parties
- Undecided
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?
- Yes
9. Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
- Undecided
10. Do you support voting on-line?
- No
11. Do you support on-line voter registration?
- No
12. Do you support adding the option of write-in candidates on ballots for state and local elections?
- Yes
13. Other
- No Answer
1. Ban the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting.
- X
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.
- No Answer
6. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns.
- X
7. Require background checks of gun buyers at gun shows.
- No Answer
8. Require a license for gun possession.
- X
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.
- 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.
- X
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.
- X
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. Increase funding of health programs for newborn children.
- No Answer
10. Other
- No Answer
1. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
- No Answer
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.
- 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.
- X
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.
- X
7. Prohibit video lottery in South Dakota.
- No Answer
8. Support a ban on non-resident pheasant hunting for the first two days of hunting season.
- No Answer
9. Increase state funds to improve education, enforcement and mediation services for Native Americans.
- X
10. Transfer lands alongside the east bank of the Missouri River back to Native Americans.
- X
11. Prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages at convenience and grocery stores.
- No Answer
12. Other
- No Answer
13. Should physician assisted suicide be legally available in South Dakota?
- No
14. Should South Dakota include sexual orientation in its anti-discrimination laws?
- No
15. Should South Dakota recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- No
16. Should South Dakota 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.
- No Answer
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.
- No Answer
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.
- No Answer
