Candidates who qualify will be invited to take the 2022 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. | |||
c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | |||
X | d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape. | ||
X | e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered. | ||
X | f) Eliminate public funding for abortions and public funding of organizations that advocate or perform abortions. | ||
g) Other or expanded principles |
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) | ||
Maintain Funding Status | c) Environment | ||
d) Health care | |||
Slightly Increase Funding | e) Law enforcement | ||
Slightly Increase Funding | f) Transportation and Highway infrastructure | ||
Slightly Increase Funding | g) Welfare | ||
h) Other or expanded categories | |||
a) Alcohol taxes | |||
Slightly Decrease | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
Maintain Status | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
Maintain Status | d) Corporate taxes | ||
Maintain Status | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) | ||
Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) | ||
Slightly Decrease | h) Inheritance taxes | ||
Maintain Status | i) Property taxes | ||
Maintain Status | j) Sales taxes | ||
Maintain Status | k) Vehicle taxes | ||
l) Other or expanded categories | |||
No | m) Should Alabama create a state lottery with proceeds funding education? | ||
Yes | n) Should Internet sales be taxed? | ||
o) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative and gubernatorial candidates?
Yes | a) Do you support the current limit of two four-year terms for Alabama governors? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support limiting the number of terms for Alabama state senators and representatives? | ||
Undecided | 1) Individual | ||
Undecided | 2) PAC | ||
Undecided | 3) Corporate | ||
Undecided | 4) Political Parties | ||
Yes | d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
No | e) Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support requiring voters to present photo identification before voting? | ||
Undecided | g) Do you support voting on-line? | ||
Yes | h) Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying and ensuring accuracy of votes? | ||
No | i) Do you support prohibiting media exit polling of voters until all polling locations in Alabama are closed? | ||
Yes | j) Should Alabama recognize civil unions between same-sex couples? | ||
Yes | k) Should Alabama restrict marriage to a union only between a man and a woman? | ||
No | l) Should Alabama hold a constitutional convention to rewrite the state constitution? | ||
m) Should the Alabama legislature rewrite the state constitution? | |||
n) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) to address crime.
X | a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff. | ||
b) Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons. | |||
X | c) Support the use of the death penalty in Alabama. | ||
X | d) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | ||
X | e) End parole for repeat violent offenders. | ||
X | f) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. | ||
g) Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. | |||
X | h) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes. | ||
X | i) Support the lower .08 blood-alcohol-content limit defining drunk driving. | ||
X | j) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults. | ||
X | k) Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes. | ||
X | l) Ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers. | ||
m) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth. | |||
n) Increase state funding for additional security of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks. | |||
o) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
X | a) Support national standards and testing of public school students. | ||
b) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious). | |||
X | c) Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure). | ||
X | d) Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers. | ||
X | e) Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay. | ||
X | f) Support displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools. | ||
X | g) Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools. | ||
h) Require public schools to administer high school exit exams. | |||
i) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | |||
j) Increase state funding to expand Head Start programs. | |||
X | k) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable. | ||
l) Support a constitutional amendment giving communities control over local school funding and standards. | |||
X | m) Support age-appropriate sexual education programs that teach about abstinence, contraceptives and HIV/STD prevention methods. | ||
X | n) Support abstinence-only sexual education programs. | ||
o) Other or expanded principles |
Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning employment.Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity or gender be taken into account in state agencies' decisions on:
X | a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market. | ||
b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector to encourage investment and economic expansion. | |||
X | c) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding or relocating businesses. | ||
d) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees. | |||
e) Increase state funds to provide child care for children of low-income working families. | |||
f) Include sexual orientation in Alabama's anti-discrimination laws. | |||
g) Other or expanded principles | |||
No | a) College and university admissions | ||
No | b) Public employment | ||
No | c) State contracting | ||
d) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology. | |||
b) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused or abandoned. | |||
c) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | |||
d) Should state environmental regulations be stricter than federal law? | |||
e) Other or expanded principles |
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. | |||
X | c) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | ||
X | d) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | ||
X | e) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns. | ||
X | f) Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns. | ||
X | g) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows. | ||
X | h) Require a license for gun possession. | ||
i) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health issues.
a) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms or state-funded care where necessary. | |||
b) Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs. | |||
X | c) Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | ||
d) Support patients' right to sue their HMOs. | |||
X | e) Support patients' right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied by their HMO. | ||
X | f) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | ||
g) Legalize physician-assisted suicide in Alabama. | |||
X | h) Increase state funding for training health workers to recognize and respond to the release of biological agents. | ||
i) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare.
X | a) Support current time limits on welfare benefits. | ||
b) Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. | |||
c) Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients. | |||
d) Provide child care for welfare recipients who work. | |||
e) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work. | |||
f) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs. | |||
g) Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations. | |||
X | h) Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to expand state services to include the working poor. | ||
i) Other or expanded principles |
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