Lora Hubbel did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2022 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Pro-life | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
No | b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy? | ||
No | c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
Yes | d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods? | ||
h) Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs? | |||
d) physical only not psychological (h) I support abstinence as the 1st emphasis in HS and exclusively for grades up to 10th. |
1) State SpendingIndicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.2) State TaxesIndicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.3) Budget StabilizationIndicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing South Dakota's budget.
Maintain Status | a) Education (higher) | ||
Maintain Status | b) Education (K-12) | ||
Maintain Status | c) Environment | ||
Maintain Status | d) Health care | ||
Maintain Status | e) Law enforcement | ||
Slightly Increase | f) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
Greatly Decrease | g) Welfare | ||
Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
Maintain Status | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
Maintain Status | c) Corporate taxes | ||
Maintain Status | d) Gasoline taxes | ||
Maintain Status | e) Property taxes | ||
Maintain Status | f) Sales taxes | ||
No | a) Tapping into South Dakota's "rainy day" fund | ||
No | b) Reducing tax credits for high-cost construction projects | ||
Yes | c) Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders | ||
No | d) Increasing tuition rates at public universities | ||
e) Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees | |||
No | f) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | ||
Yes | g) Privatizing certain government services | ||
See "g" (by prosecution fraud) | |||
(c) No sunset for Bush tax cuts-leave them as they are now. | |||
"e" state employees/welfare recipients etc., could accept pay cuts like everyone has to deal with. |
c) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?
Yes | a) Do you support limits on the number of terms for South Dakota governors? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support limits on the number of terms for South Dakota state legislators? | ||
Yes | 1) Individual | ||
Yes | 2) Political Action Committee | ||
Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
Yes | 4) Political Party | ||
Yes | d) Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
e) not feasible...if politicians can't define "is", there's no way they define "voluntary." |
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? | ||
No | c) Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized? | ||
Yes | d) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
Yes | e) Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges? | ||
No | f) Do you support allowing law enforcement officials to stop and ticket motorists for seat belt violations? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
h) Other or expanded principles |
Yes | a) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
No | b) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
No | c) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
No | f) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | ||
e) as long as the infrastructure is not eternally subsidized as ethanol is now. |
No | a) Do you support national education standards? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support lowering the age of compulsory school attendance from eighteen to sixteen? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
No | g) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from South Dakota high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
a) I support state educational standards. |
Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support state funding for improvements to South Dakota's energy infrastructure? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | ||
No | f) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
a) see "g" under economic issues c) see above e) NOT FEDERAL FUNDING f) Environmental "science" is instrumental science where someone "owns" the result and is based on money or control. Non-instrumental science is based on results being reproducible no matter who is paying. |
No | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
No | b) Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
No | d) Do you support requiring a license for gun possession? | ||
a) I no more support restriction on our second amendment rights than I do on our first amendment rights. |
No | a) Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? | ||
No | d) Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
No | f) Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in South Dakota? | ||
g) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | |||
b) by requiring all medical (and Legal) costs be contracted with the patient prior to implementation unless in an emergency (emergency costs are not where the problem is-it is in "chronic" conditions treatments). g) We have legalized opinion in the form of a parenteral, oral, or rectal drug. We do not allow opinion to be smoked in a "bong". In the same way THC (?) can be a controlled substance under lock and key and only administered parenterally, orally, or rectally. |
Yes | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
No | b) Should South Dakota allow same-sex couples to form civil unions? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support state funding for stem cell research? | ||
No | d) Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research? | ||
No | e) Do you support the state's use of affirmative action? | ||
No | f) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in South Dakota's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
No | g) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in South Dakota's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
(c) ADULT ONLY (includes cord-blood) (e) No because when I see a high-achieving minority I want them to be proud of their accomplishments that they competed fairly with all involved, not because they were given a handicap because of their skin color. |
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