Upload
lakecountyoh
View
216
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
8/9/2019 Fende 2004 Political Courage Test
1/5
Receive Our Newsletter:
Enter Email
Find Your Representatives
Search by Candidate's or Official'sLast Name, or Enter Your ZIP Code:
Search Vote Smart
Basic Categories:Biographical Information
Voting Records
Issue Positions(Political Courage Test)
Interest Group Ratings
Public Statements
Campaign Finances
Voter Registration
Ballot Measures
Issues and Legislation
Political Resources
My State
For Candidates
For Journalists
About Us
Contact Us
Internships
Job Opportunities
Introduction Video
Press Releases
Voter's Speakeasy Blog
Vote Smart API
RSS Feeds
Widgets
Log In
Print ShareRepresentative Lorraine M. Fende (OH)
Current Office: State HouseCurrent District: 62Office Seeking: State House (Won, Primary)District Seeking: 62Party: Democratic
Biographical
Voting Record
Issue Positions(Political Courage Test)
Interest Group Ratings
Campaign Finances
The 2010 Political Courage Test will be sent to all candidates who qualify for the General Election.
What is the Political Courage Test?
This candidate has responded to a different Political Courage Test. As a continued effort to provide the Americanpublic with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available
here.
Ohio State Legislative Election 2004 National Political Awareness Test
Please Note
The Political Courage Test asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate
which items they will oppose. Through extensive research of public polling data, we discovered that voters are moreconcerned with what candidates would support when elected to office, not what they oppose. If a candidate does not
select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to
that particular item.
Project Vote Smart does not permit the use of its name or programs in any campaign activity, including
advertising, debates, and speeches.
Abortion IssuesBudget, Spending and Tax IssuesCampaign Finance and Governmental Reform IssuesCrime IssuesEducation IssuesEmployment and Affirmative Action IssuesEnvironment and Energy IssuesGun Issues
Health IssuesWelfare and Poverty IssuesLegislative Priorities
Abortion Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.
a) Abortions should always be illegal.
b) Abortions should always be legal.
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 li fe of the woman is endangered.
8/9/2019 Fende 2004 Political Courage Test
2/5
X
abortions.
g) Other or expanded principles
Budget, Spending and Tax Issues
(Back to top)
State Budget: Indicate the funding levels (#1-6) you will support for the following general categories. Select one
level per category.
Greatly Increase a) Education (Higher)
Greatly Increase b) Education (K-12)
Maintain Status c) Environment
Greatly Increase d) Health care
Slightly Increase e) Law enforcement
Maintain Status f) Transportation and highway infrastructure
Maintain Status g) Welfare
h) Other or expanded categories
State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels (#1-6) you will support. Select one level per tax.
Maintain Status a) Alcohol taxes
Slightly Decrease b) Capital gains taxes
Maintain Status c) Cigarette taxes
Maintain Status d) Corporate taxes
Maintain Status e) Gasoline taxes
Slightly Decrease f) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
Maintain Status g) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
Maintain Status h) Inheritance taxes
Greatly Decrease i) Property taxes
Slightly Decrease j) Sales taxes
Maintain Status k) Vehicle taxes
l) Other or expanded categories
Undecided m) Should Internet sales be taxed?
Yesn) Should the Budget Stabilization Fund (rainy day fund) be used to balance the state
budget?
o) Other or expanded principles
Campaign Finance and Governmental Reform Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.
Yesa) Do you support the current limit of two consecutive four-year terms for Ohiogovernors?
Nob) Do you support the current limit of four two-year terms for Ohio state representatives
and two four-year terms for Ohio state senators?
c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative and gubernatorial candidates?
Yes 1) Individual
Yes 2) PAC
Yes 3) Corporate
Yes 4) 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?
Yesf) Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying and ensuring
accuracy of votes?
Yesg) Do you support prohibiting the reporting of media exit polling results until all polling
locations in Ohio are closed?
Undecided h) Should Ohio recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
Yes i) Should Ohio restrict marriage to a union only between a man and a woman?
j) Other or expanded principles
Crime Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.
a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional
8/9/2019 Fende 2004 Political Courage Test
3/5
prison staff.
b) Support the death penalty in Ohio.
Xc) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and
job-placement assistance when released.
X d) End parole for repeat violent offenders.
X e) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
f) Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
X g) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
h) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
i) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with
at-risk youth.
Xj) Increase funding for state and local emergency agencies to prevent and to respond to
terrorist attacks.
k) Other or expanded principles
Education Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
a) Support national standards and testing of public school students.
b) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any public
school.
c) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any private or
religious school.
Xd) Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and
infrastructure).
X e) Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers.
X f) Support teacher testing and reward with merit pay.
g) Endorse voluntary prayer in public schools.
X h) Require public schools to administer high school exit exams.
X i) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
X j) Increase funding for Head Start programs.
k) Support legalizing video slot machines at horse racing tracks to provide funding for
college scholarships and school construction.
Xl) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more
affordable.
X m) Support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence,contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods.
n) Support abstinence-only sexual education programs.
o) How would you propose to reform funding for Ohio schools? Please use forty (40) words or less.
No Answer
p) Other or expanded principles
Employment and Affirmative Action Issues
(Back to top)
Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.
Xa) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re -train displaced workers and
teach skills needed in today's job market.
Xb) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage
investment and economic expansion.
Xc) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocatingbusinesses.
Xd) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income
working families.
Xe) Continue state funding for the Third Frontier Project, which provides seed capital forthe development of high-tech industries in Ohio.
X f) Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
X g) Include sexual orientation in Ohio's anti-discrimination laws.
X h) Increase the state minimum wage.
X i) Other or expanded principles
The feasibility of these issues depends on available funding
Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity, or gender be taken into account in state agencies' decisions on:
Yes a) Public employment
8/9/2019 Fende 2004 Political Courage Test
4/5
Yes b) State college and university admissions
Yes c) State contracting
d) Other or expanded principles
No Answer
Environment and Energy Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
X a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
Xb) Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural
gas, and oil).
Xc) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are
contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
X d) Support funding for open space preservation.
e) Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law.
f) Other or expanded principles
Gun Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.
a) Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase
and possession of guns.
b) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
c) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
X d) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.
X e) Require manufacturers to provide chi ld-safety locks on guns.
X f) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows.
g) Require a license for gun possession.
h) Other or expanded principles
Health Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.
Xa) 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.
c) Limit the amount of punitive damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice
lawsuits.
X d) Support patients' right to sue their HMOs.
Xe) Support patients' right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists whenservices are denied.
f) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
g) Legalize physician assisted suicide in Ohio.
h) Allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
i) Prohibit self-referrals by physicians to hospitals in which they have a financial interest.
Xj) Require insurance companies to provide mental health services at parity with physical
health services.
k) Require counties to provide treatment for uninsured mentally ill children, while
allowing parents to retain custody.
l) Other or expanded principles
Welfare and Poverty Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare and poverty.
X a) Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients.
X b) Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
X c) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
d) Limit benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare.
e) Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.
Xf) Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to extend health
and child care subsidies to the working poor.
8/9/2019 Fende 2004 Political Courage Test
5/5
g) Support marriage promotion programs for welfare recipients.
h) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
i) Other or expanded principles
Legislative Priorities
(Back to top)
Please explain in a total of 75 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional
funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
No Answer
About Us | Contact Us | Project Vote SmartOne Common Ground, Philipsburg, MT 59858Hotline: 888-Vote-Smart (888-868-3762)All content 2002-2008 Project Vote Smart unless otherwise attributed Legislative Demographic Data provided byAristotle International, Inc.