Candidates who qualify will be invited to take the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning abortion.
a) Abortions should always be illegal. | |||
b) Abortions should always be legally available. | |||
X | c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | ||
X | d) Abortions should be legal when pregnancy results from incest, rape, or the life of the woman is endangered. | ||
X | e) Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and notification requirements as decided by each state government. | ||
f) Prohibit the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as "partial-birth" abortion. | |||
X | g) Support "buffer zones" at abortion clinics by requiring demonstrators to remain a certain distance from doorways and driveways. | ||
h) Prohibit public funding for abortions and organizations that advocate or perform abortions. | |||
i) Other |
State Budget: Indicate the funding levels you will support for the following general categories.State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels you will support.
Slightly Increase Funding | a) Education (Higher) | ||
Slightly Increase Funding | b) Education (K-12) | ||
Slightly Increase Funding | c) Environment | ||
Maintain Funding Status | d) Health care | ||
Slightly Increase Funding | e) Law enforcement | ||
Maintain Funding Status | f) Transportation and Highway infrastructure | ||
Slightly Decrease Funding | g) Welfare | ||
h) Other | |||
Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
Maintain Status | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
d) Corporate taxes | |||
Maintain Status | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
Maintain Status | f) Hotel room taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) | ||
Slightly Increase | h) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) | ||
Maintain Status | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
Maintain Status | j) Property taxes | ||
Maintain Status | k) Rental and tour vehicle taxes | ||
Maintain Status | l) Sales taxes | ||
Maintain Status | m) Vehicle taxes | ||
n) Other | |||
No | o) Should Internet sales be taxed? | ||
Yes | p) Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes? | ||
Yes | q) Would you support returning any operating surplus to Hawaii taxpayers? | ||
No | r) Would you support placing any operating surplus into a "rainy day" fund? | ||
s) Other |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) to address crime.
a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff. | |||
X | b) Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons. | ||
c) End parole for repeat violent offenders. | |||
X | d) Implement the death penalty in Hawaii. | ||
X | e) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. | ||
f) Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community. | |||
X | g) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | ||
h) Prohibit the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. | |||
i) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes. | |||
j) Support .08 blood alcohol content limit defining drunk driving. | |||
X | k) Prosecute as adults, youths accused of a felony. | ||
X | l) Increase penalties for crimes committed on school grounds. | ||
m) Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes. | |||
X | n) Support programs that provide job training and placement services for at-risk youth. | ||
o) Ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers. | |||
p) Allow public worker unions to compete with private companies for contracts to build and operate new prisons. | |||
q) Other |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
X | a) Increase state funds for professional development of public school teachers and administrators. | ||
b) Encourage private or corporate investment in public school programs. | |||
X | c) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious). | ||
d) Support charter schools where teachers and professionals receive authorization and funding to establish new schools. | |||
e) Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure). | |||
f) Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers. | |||
X | g) Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools. | ||
h) Support posting the Ten Commandments in public schools. | |||
i) Require public schools to administer high school exit exams. | |||
X | j) Support national standards and testing of public school students. | ||
k) Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay. | |||
l) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | |||
m) Implement penalties, such as relocation, termination, or retraining, against all public school teachers whose students do not meet testing standards. | |||
X | n) Use funds set aside for state court settlements to increase the number of special education teachers. | ||
o) Other |
Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning employment.Affirmative Action: Which of the following state agencies should take race and sex into account when making employment decisions?
X | a) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses. | ||
X | b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector to encourage investment and economic expansion. | ||
X | c) Support limits on cash damages in lawsuits against businesses and professionals for product liability or malpractice. | ||
d) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market. | |||
X | e) Provide tax credits to companies building hotels in Hawaii. | ||
f) Other | |||
No | a) College and university admissions | ||
No | b) Public employment | ||
No | c) State contracting | ||
d) Other |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
X | a) Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels to reduce pollution. | ||
X | b) Support "self-audit" legislation which creates incentives for industries to audit themselves and clean up pollution. | ||
c) Require a cost/benefit analysis to determine the economic impact of proposed environmental regulations before they are implemented. | |||
d) Require states to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses on privately owned land. | |||
X | e) Support funding for recycling programs in Hawaii. | ||
f) Request added flexibility from the federal government in enforcing and funding federal environmental regulations. | |||
g) Suspend participation in un-funded, federally-mandated, environmental protection legislation. | |||
X | h) Restructure the electric utility industry to allow consumers to choose their power companies. | ||
X | i) Prohibit access to coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. | ||
j) Set aside certain areas of the Northwestern Hawaiian Island coral reefs for limited subsistence, fishing, and gathering. | |||
k) Other | |||
Yes | l) Should state environmental regulations be stricter than federal law? |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding government reform.c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?
Yes | a) Do you support the current limit on terms for Hawaii Governors? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support limiting the number of terms for Hawaii State Senators and Representatives? | ||
Yes | a) Individual | ||
Yes | b) PAC | ||
Yes | c) Corporate | ||
Yes | d) Political Parties | ||
Yes | d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support voting on-line? | ||
Yes | h) Do you support on-line voter registration? | ||
Undecided | i) Do you support allowing persons of non-Hawaiian descent to run for trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs? | ||
Undecided | j) Do you support the creation of a sovereign Hawaiian Nation? | ||
k) Other |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning gun issues.
a) Ban the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting. | |||
b) Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
c) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
d) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
e) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns. | |||
f) Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns. | |||
X | g) Require background checks of gun buyers at gun shows. | ||
X | h) Require a license for gun possession. | ||
i) Other |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health issues.
X | a) Provide tax incentives to small businesses that provide health care to their employees. | ||
X | b) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state funded care where necessary. | ||
c) Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs. | |||
d) Use state funds to continue some Medicaid coverage for legal immigrants. | |||
X | e) Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | ||
X | f) Support a patient's right to sue his or her HMO. | ||
X | g) Support a patient's right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied. | ||
h) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | |||
X | i) Should Hawaii extend health benefits to domestic partners of state employees. | ||
j) Other |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.
X | a) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees. | ||
X | b) Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families. | ||
X | c) Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support. | ||
d) Increase state funding for Head Start in order to serve additional children and/or increase services from a half to a full day. | |||
X | e) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth. | ||
f) Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans, and job training and placement. | |||
g) Allow shipboard gambling in state waters. | |||
h) Other | |||
Undecided | i) Should physician-assisted suicide be legally available in Hawaii? | ||
No | j) Should Hawaii include sexual orientation in its anti-discrimination laws? | ||
Undecided | k) Should Hawaii recognize civil unions between same-sex couples? | ||
Yes | l) Should Hawaii restrict marriage to a relationship only between a man and a woman? |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare.
X | a) Maintain current time limits on welfare benefits. | ||
X | b) Maintain the requirement that able-bodied recipients work in order to receive benefits. | ||
c) Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. | |||
X | d) Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients. | ||
e) Provide child care for welfare recipients who work. | |||
X | f) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work. | ||
g) Allow welfare recipients to remain eligible for benefits while saving money for education, starting a business, or buying a home. | |||
X | h) Limit benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare. | ||
i) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs. | |||
j) Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations. | |||
k) Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to expand state services to include the working poor. | |||
l) Other |
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