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Are you interested in your candidacy being endorsed by the Columbus DSA? Fill out our questionnaire below.

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Do you support the abolition of the existing prison system in the pursuit of restorative justice?*
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- No
Do you support the institution of private property?*
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Do you support an emergency moratorium on residential evictions for lack of complete payment?*
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Do you support freedom to protest, including the occupation of public and commercial space?*
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Will you push to increase city funding for services for LGBTQ youth, especially services to address housing instability?*
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Do you support abolishing money bail?*
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Do you support abolishing police department vice units?*
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Will you introduce legislation creating a civilian review board for your police department?*
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Will you introduce legislation prohibiting your police department from sending prisoners to the Franklin County Jail until all human rights issues - including but not limited to abuses committed against LGBTQ prisoners - have been remedied?*
- Yes
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Should Columbus create a universal public childcare/pre-K system?*
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Should public safety funding for schools prioritize counseling services over policing?*
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Do you support the creation of a municipal ID, available to all residents regardless of immigration status, in your city?*
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Should Columbus, as a sanctuary city, categorically refuse to cooperate with US immigration enforcement – including, but not limited to, arresting peaceful protesters, supplying information, or contracting with any immigration enforcement agency or their data providers?*
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Will you introduce legislation prohibiting city participation in fossil fuel extraction processes and prohibiting the transportation and disposal of hydraulic fracturing waste products within city limits?*
- Yes
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Do you support widespread free vaccination against communicable disease?*
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Do you support universal free access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion on demand, provision of all contraceptive methods, fertility support, and prenatal and obstetric services?*
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Will you push to increase city funding for mental health services for at-risk youth populations, including LGBTQ youth and young people living in violent environments?*
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Regardless of potential threats from state government, should your city enact a municipal minimum wage for all workers, tipped and untipped, of at least $15 per hour?*
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With the exception of labor unions and related entities, do you pledge to accept no contributions from any of the following?*
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Corporate PACs, lobbyists employed by for-profit corporations, principals and/or executives of real estate development or fossil fuel companies, recipients of city contracts, operators of charter schools or charter school management companies, or political consulting LLCs.
Do you support granting the right to vote in municipal elections to non-citizen immigrants?*
- Yes
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Short Answer
Eleven Questions. Please answer these questions to the best of your ability and to how you see fit. If you would prefer to not answer any of them, write "No Answer".

What steps would you take to combat the negative effects of gentrification?*

Who is your political hero?*

What does racial equity mean to you?*

How do you define the word “socialism?” Using that definition, would you consider yourself a socialist?*

What kinds of policies would you support to protect vulnerable communities from the prison-industrial complex?*

How can your city better support the school district or districts which serve its children?*

Democratic Socialists of America supports “democracy in the workplace.” What does "democracy in the workplace" mean to you, and what will your campaign do to prioritize it?*

How would you improve current laws designed to aid people with disabilities?*

Climate scientists agree that carbon neutrality must be achieved by 2030 in order to maintain the long-term habitability of the planet. What is your plan for achieving this goal in your city, and how will you fund it?*

How would you fight to protect and expand tenants’ rights?*

Is there anything else you'd like to tell us?*

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