Submitting Candidate Information

Dear Candidate,

Nebraska Citizen is providing information for many of the political races in Nebraska this year. Please visit our site at www.necitizen.com and see what we are doing. We ask you to complete the following set of questions so that voters can get a better idea of who you are and why they should vote for you.

We realize that some of the questions are difficult to answer. You are welcome to complete the expanded answer section, if you prefer, with as much of a clarification as you like.

We also realize that our questions do not reflect all of the factors that a representative must consider. An elected person may find it necessary, for a variety of legitimate reasons, to answer differently when they vote on a bill from what they have indicated here. Some of our questions may reflect a bias, even though it is not intentional. We don’t think it is possible to ask a question without some type of bias. If you don’t like how the question is worded, then please answer as you see fit. Take as much room as you like to do that. There is no limitation on space.

If you choose not to answer the questions by March 21, we will ask others what they think your position is. We will report their answers, if yours are not available. We strongly prefer you answer directly, and we will always use your answer over all others.

Thank you for your participation. We appreciate the fact that you have decided to run for office. We believe participation is the foundation of our government. We hope you will respect the desire of the public to know how you feel on various issues.

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Instructions

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Biographical Information

Name
Your Age

Campaign Address

Campaign Phone Numbers

Campaign Email Address
Campaign Web Site Address
Current Occupation
Party Affiliation

Experience and Current Associations (boards, church, clubs, volunteer activities)

Financial Information - How is your campaign financed

Education

Organization Endorsements

Abortion

Do you believe life begins at conception?


Would you support legislation to require parental notification prior to an abortion?


Would you permit an abortion if the life of the mother was at risk?


Would you permit an abortion in the case of rape?


Death Penalty

Do you support the death penalty?


Do you think the death penalty discourages crime?


Drugs

Should marijuana use be legalized?


Should a doctor be able to prescribe marijuana for pain control?


Would you support legislation to subsidize prescription drugs for low income people?


Taxes

Should Nebraska collect sales taxes on purchases made over the Internet?


Should Nebraska collect taxes on voice calls made from a computer to a telephone via the Internet?


Do you support legislation to limit taxes collected by local government agencies such as counties, cities, schools, and NRDs?


The greatest growth in State spending has been for Health and Human Services. Will you limit the spending on this department, even if it means reduced services to needy people?


Is it better to raise taxes or reduce services?


Guns

Would you support legislation to permit a person to carry a concealed weapon on their person?


Should a person with a criminal record be permitted to possess a gun?


Should every gun be registered with the State or Federal government?


Religion

Would you support legislation to require alternative theories to evolution be taught in schools?


Would you support legislation to permit tax dollars to be used in religion-based schools?


Education

Would you support legislation to provide schools with a consistent amount of State funding from year to year?


Do you support the testing of children to measure school performance?


Do you support the testing of teachers to assure competence?


Would you support legislation to require standardized reporting of school finances and performance to permit the comparison of schools?


Do you support a uniform spending per student in every school district?


Should a school be permitted to make condoms available to students?


Should a school be permitted to spank a student?


Should a school be permitted to permanently expel a student?


Would you support legislation to cause the consolidation of high cost schools?


Would you support legislation to block the Omaha school system from annexing surrounding school districts?


Would you support legislation to require schools to teach basic subjects to children in their native language?


Would you support legislation to assure a laptop computer to every high school student?


Environment

Do you believe global warming is happening?


Would you support legislation to encourage nuclear power plants to be built in Nebraska?


Would you support legislation to impose greater controls on animal confinement farms?


Gays

Would you support legislation to permit civil unions for gays in Nebraska?


Would you support legislation to permit gay partners to receive insurance coverage similar to married couples?


Economy

Do you support giving tax breaks to encourage private business development?


Do you support tax dollars being used to finance a venture capital fund to encourage new businesses in rural Nebraska?


Do you support continued financial incentives to encourage additional ethanol development?


Health Care

Would you support legislation to provide financial incentives to doctors and nurses to locate in rural Nebraska?


Should the State of Nebraska make insurance available to those who cannot obtain insurance because of pre-existing conditions?


Would you support legislation to restrict malpractice lawsuits?


Immigration

Do you support additional funding for more illegal immigration control?


Do you support designating English as the official language of the State of Nebraska?


Do you support legislation requiring ballots to be available in Spanish?


Legal

Would you support legislation to require the loser in a lawsuit to pay the winner's legal fees?


Privacy

Would you support legislation to make public the name and amount of any individual receiving public assistance?


Would you support legislation prohibiting companies from releasing a customer's contact information without express permission of the customer?


Gambling

Would you support legislation to permit casino gambling in Nebraska?


Would you support legislation to prohibit charity gambling in Nebraska?


Which legislative committees do you most want to be on?

Candidate Statement: (take as much room as you like to say whatever you like.)

Filled out everything?