Sharon Moriwaki's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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- State Senate (HI) - District 12, Democratic
On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for State Senate (HI) - District 12
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Sharon Moriwaki is currently being tested through the 2024 Political Courage Test.
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
Hawaii State Legislative Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
1) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Hawaii's budget.
| No | a) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees? | ||
| No | c) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients? | ||
| No | d) An income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Streamling services; eliminating unnecessary programs; consolidating duplicative programs; developing appropriate private-public partnerships | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support any limits on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| Yes | c) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering state taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Hawaii? | ||
| c) I support reducing regulations so long as doing so does not harm public safety and health. e) Welfare applicants are in need for a number of reasons, but should not be denied services if they refuse to be tested | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Hawaii? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Hawaii high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| a) Assuming that the federal standards are applied consistently across all states, Hawaii should adopt, but the Board of Education/Superintendent should be able to opt out of any of the standards not appropriate for Hawaii schools/students | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| No | d) Do you support increasing state funding for replacing Hawaii's cesspools? | ||
| d) Replacement of cesspools is a public works expenditure that county property tax should cover | |||
| Yes | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| No | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Hawaii's health care programs? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Hawaii's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Hawaii's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Hawaii state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support implementing government sanctioned safe zones ("Ohana Zones") for Hawaii's homeless population? | ||
| a) This is already included in Hawaii law. d) I support sanctioned safe zones as long as they are carefully supervised with adequate kitchen and bath facilities. | |||
| 1) housing for residents through Hula-Mae type low interest loans to anyone who will develop housing for residents. Funding source: state revenue bonds 2) 60-80% of crimes involve opioid abuse. Funding source: federal funds supplemented by state general funds obtained through achieving greater efficiency in expending Medicaid funds. 3) More funding and permanent for kupuna caregivers to help elderly age in their own homes. Funding source: Tobacco settlement funds are to be used for health causes |
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