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2004 NH NOW PAC Candidate Endorsement Questionnaire


The National Organization for Women (NOW) Political Action Committees (PACs) endorse candidates who take uncompromising stands on our issues--women and men of any political affiliation. Candidates must be feminist leaders and strong supporters of women's rights issues including, but not limited to:

  • support for reproductive rights without restrictions,
  • economic equality,
  • civil rights for all, with special emphasis on equal rights for people of color and lesbian and gays,
  • constitutional equality for women,
  • affirmative action,
  • elimination of violence against women


    BASIC INFORMATION

    Office Running For:

    District:

    Candidate:

    Candidate's Party:

    E-mail Address:

    Telephone:

    Address:



    Incumbent?
    Yes
    No
    Campaign Name:

    Campaign Web Site:

    Treasurer:

    Treasurer E-mail Address:

    Treasurer Phone:

    Treasurer Address:



    Opponent:

    Opponent's Party:


    Please check only the box that best expresses your response to each question below:

    EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

    Do you support or oppose ratification of an Equal Rights Amendment that will provide equal rights for all people regardless of gender, sexual orientation, and family or pregnancy status?

    Support
    Oppose

    REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

    Do you support or oppose a woman's right to have an abortion if she wants one?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you support or oppose the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the U.S.?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you support or oppose requiring a minor to have parental notification before she can legally obtain an abortion?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you support or oppose a waiting period before a woman can have an abortion?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you support or oppose restrictions to the "D and E" (so called "partial-birth abortion") procedure?

    Support
    Oppose

    If restrictions to the "D and E" procedure exist, do you support or oppose exceptions when the life or health of the mother is at risk?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you support or oppose legislation that grants legal personhood to embryos, such as the so-called Unborn Victims of Violence Act?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you support or oppose legislation that would improved NH women's access to emergency contraception (EC), also known as "the morning-after pill"?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you support or oppose legislation that would promote state endorsed "Choose Life" license plates?

    Support
    Oppose

    VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

    Do you support or oppose judges having the discretion to order the removal of firearms at the temporary phase of a civil restraining order procedure?

    Support
    Oppose

    CIVIL RIGHTS

    Do you support affirmative action hiring goals or remedial action judgments to place qualified persons in areas where they have formerly been denied because of race, gender or sexual orientation?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you support or oppose including gender and sexual orientation to Hate Crimes laws?

    Support
    Oppose

    LESBIAN EQUALITY

    Do you support or oppose full civil rights and equal treatment under the law for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender individuals in the following:

    Employment?
    Support
    Oppose

    Housing?
    Support
    Oppose

    Custody decisions?
    Support
    Oppose

    Adoptions?
    Support
    Oppose

    Military Service?
    Support
    Oppose

    Healthcare decision-making rights and Hospital visitations?
    Support
    Oppose

    Insurance benefits?
    Support
    Oppose

    Social Security Benefits?
    Support
    Oppose

    All of the above or none of the above?
    Support ALL
    Support NONE

    Do you support or oppose the legalization of same-sex civil marriage?

    Support
    Oppose

    ECONOMIC RIGHTS

    Do you support or oppose requiring employers to set wages based on comparable worth for jobs that require equivalent skills, effort, and responsibility?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you support or oppose increasing the minimum wage in New Hampshire?

    Support
    Oppose

    EDUCATION

    Do you support or oppose voucher systems?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you support or oppose the use of tax money to pay for charter schools?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you feel that gay students should be allowed to have their own clubs at school?

    Support
    Oppose

    Do you support the inclusion of courses and material dealing with multiculturalism in the curriculum?

    Support
    Oppose

    MISCELLANEOUS

    If you receive NH NOW PAC's endorsement, will you publicize it?

    Yes
    No

    If you receive NH NOW PAC's endorsement, will you want NOW to make the endorsement information available to our members and beyond?

    Yes
    No

    ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

    Anything else you would like to share with us? Information that contrasts your positions on issues with those of your opponent/s is welcome. Please use available space, or e-mail: nhnowpac@nhnowpac.org.


    Please click "submit" only once.
    Your subscription will be sent to us via your own e-mail program.

    The New Hampshire NOW Political Action Committee thanks you.


    For more information, email nhnowpac@nhnowpac.org.

    Last Updated October 6, 2004