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Michael Whelan's campaign website highlights the following issues:
| 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? |
| Yes | c) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? |
| Yes | d) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? |
| e) Other or expanded principles: |
| 1) Budget Stabilization: | |
| Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing New Jersey's budget. | |
| Yes | a) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions |
| Yes | b) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees |
| c) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | |
| No | d) An income tax increase on any tax bracket |
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |
| C- Needs further clarification on what benefits. | |
| a) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions for state candidates? | |
| Yes | 1) Individual |
| Yes | 2) Political Action Committee |
| Yes | 3) Corporate |
| Yes | 4) Political Party |
| Yes | b) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? |
| Yes | c) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? |
| Yes | d) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? |
| e) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | |
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? |
| Yes | b) Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? |
| c) Do you support legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana? | |
| Yes | d) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? |
| e) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | |
| No | f) Do you support delaying the seizure of assets by law enforcement officials until after a conviction? |
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |
| C - Decriminalization of certain small amounts, not full legalization. | |
| No | a) Do you support government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? |
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? |
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? |
| d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | |
| e) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | |
| No | f) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage? |
| Yes | g) Do you support legalized state-sponsored sports betting in New Jersey? |
| No | h) Do you support a tax on short-term housing rentals in New Jersey? |
| i) Other or expanded principles: | |
| D - Access but not necessarily duration. | |
| Yes | a) Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative? |
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? |
| No | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from New Jersey high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities in New Jersey? |
| d) Other or expanded principles: |
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? |
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? |
| c) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | |
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |
| C - Depends on what regulations we are speaking of. | |
| 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? |
| c) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns? | |
| d) Should a license be required for gun possession? | |
| e) Other or expanded principles: |
| No | a) Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option? |
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? |
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? |
| Yes | d) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? |
| e) Other or expanded principles: |
| Yes | a) Do you support same-sex marriage? |
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in New Jersey's anti-discrimination laws? |
| Yes | c) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in New Jersey's anti-discrimination laws? |
| d) Other or expanded principles: |
