Casper Stockham - Our Democracy 2020
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“If elected, I will endorse, prioritize, and support:”

For The People Act Passing the For the People Act (HR 1/S 949)

No

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Automatic Voter Registration Making the voter registration process convenient, fair, and secure for all eligible Americans—including same-day ("Election Day") and automatic voter registration, as more than one-dozen states already have.

No

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Vote By Mail Ensuring all eligible Americans can have safe and accessible voting options, such as vote-by-mail, no-excuse absentee voting, and early voting.

No

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Restore the VRA Restoring the Voting Rights Act to prevent states and localities from passing discriminatory voting laws.

Yes

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Secure Elections Safeguarding elections from cyberattacks by requiring paper ballots for all voters and risk-limiting post-election audits.

Yes

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Re-enfranchise Incarcerated People Restoring voting rights of all persons convicted of wrongdoing after they have served their sentences (although Common Cause supports voting rights for currently incarcerated individuals, at a minimum, you support rights restoration for the previously-incarcerated).

Yes

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Spending Disclosure Strengthening disclosure requirements for campaign-related and issue ad spending, including for online advertisements, by corporations and outside groups.

Yes

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Citizen Funded Elections Creating a voluntary, non-taxpayer funded small donor matching program for congressional elections to amplify the role of small donors and enhance the voices of everyday Americans (Common Cause supports a variety of funding sources for state and local small donor systems).

Yes

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Overturn Citizens United Passing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and other court cases that have empowered the wealthy and corporate entities to unduly influence American elections.

No

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Presidential Tax Returns Requiring the President and Vice President to be subject to federal conflict-of-interest laws and require presidential candidates to publicly release their full tax returns for at least the three most recent taxable years.

No

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Executive Branch Ethics Passing reforms to 1) enhance whistleblower protections; 2) protect Inspectors General; and 3) prevent future administrations from further politicizing the executive branch.

Yes

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Supreme Court Ethics Requiring Supreme Court justices to be bound by a judicial code of ethics, as all other federal judges are.

Yes

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Impartial Redistricting Creating independent redistricting commissions, as nearly one-dozen states already have, to allow voters to choose their elected officials instead of politicians cherry-picking their voters.

Yes

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End Prison Gerrymandering Ending the practice of prison gerrymandering by requiring the Census Bureau to count incarcerated individuals as residents of their home community instead of place of incarceration.

Yes

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Restore Net Neutrality Restoring the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 net neutrality rules, which preserved and protected the open Internet, as contained in the Save the Internet Act.

No

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Close The Digital Divide Passing laws that strengthen investments in digital inclusion programs including affordable, robust broadband services and access to digital literacy training to ensure all communities have access to communication technologies, such as through the Digital Equity Act.

No

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1. What will you do during your time in office to support unhoused people in Colorado?
For over 10 months, while running for congress in congressional district 1, I studied the homeless problem. We fed and provided clothes to the homeless. We also conducted tours of many of the homeless locations in the Denver area. The directors of the shelters all said their number 1 problem in helping more homeless people was government intervention. One director told me he could help an additional 100 families that same day if the local and state governments were not stopping them. So the homeless problem could be brought back to manageable levels by doing the following 3 things.
a) Get the government out of the homeless business. They have been failing at it for a long time and the homeless problem is worse than ever before.
b) Use the current money spent on the homeless, over $50K per year per chronic homeless person, and provide it to the current, established shelters with very few if any strings.
c) Force people to use the shelter system to get off the streets and get help or move to a different state.

2. Do you support rental/mortgage assistance legislation, or eviction moratoriums, that would help keep people in their homes during the coronavirus pandemic? Why or why not?
The only reason this is a big issue is because our Governor shut our state down due to the Covd-19 pandemic. Now that we know what we are dealing with we can open everything back up, with common sense precautions, and allow people to go back to work ASAP. This would go a long way to make sure people could afford to stay in their homes. It would also give the government much needed tax revenue to help non working citizens with their rent/mortgage and evictions.

3. Why should Colorado’s homeless vote for you?
If the homeless want to remain homeless they should not vote for me. My opponent would be their best bet. If they vote for me I will do everything in my power to get them access to the resources to get them back on their feet ASAP. I do it now as a private citizen and will do a lot more of it as their next congressman.

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