State of Alabama Archives: on Government Reform

Arnold Mooney: First priority would be bringing term limits

If elected to the Senate, Mooney said his first priority would be bringing term limits, saying "if I have to read the phone book to stand in the Senate to get to a vote, we're going to get to a vote."

David Carrington: Reorganize and streamline government

• developed and executed a financial strategy that saved the citizens billions of dollars in future debts and interest payments;
• cost-effectively outsourced under-performing government services to the private sector;
• jump-started the county's economic development engine;
• separated the county's executive and legislative branches of government.

Doug Jones: Restore integrity to politics

Doug Jones: Voter ID goes backwards on access to the ballot box

Jones: No. We are "going backwards on access to the ballot box." Supports proactive registration of 18-year-olds, early voting, absentee voting without cost for some voters, and transparent redistricting.

Moore: Unknown

Gary Palmer: Full disclosure of sources of campaign contributions

A: Yes. Given that individual contributions must be disclosed, I support full disclosure of the source of contributions.

Jessica Taylor: Support term limits, get rid of career politicians

John Merrill: Electoral College represents will of the people

John Merrill: Supported tough voter ID law, made it easier to vote

John Rogers: Voted YES to prohibit money transfers between PACs

Legislative Summary: An Act relating to campaign contributions, to prohibit transfers between political action committees. Under existing law, a political action committee may make a contribution to another political action committee. This bill would prohibit transfers between political action committees.

Legislative Outcome: Senate roll call #82, passed 20-14-1, Feb. 26. 2008; House roll call #10, passed 54-39-12; Rep. Rogers voted YES; bill died in Conference.

Katie Britt: Fight senseless federal regulations, overreach and red tape

Kay Ivey: Reduce legislators' salary; remove ability to set own salary

Operating the office of Lt. Governor with 30% less than previous administration. Reducing the salary of the Lt. Governor along with legislators by repealing a 62% pay raise approved by the Democrat legislative majority during the last quadrennium and replacing it with a salary scale that ties compensation to Alabama's median income level. We also removed the legislature's ability to set its own salary in the future.

Kay Ivey: 5,000 fewer state employees than three years ago

Kay Ivey: Ban lobbyists from appointments by the executive branch

Kay Ivey: Prohibit lobbyists from serving in the executive branch

Ivey's campaign pointed to executives orders, policies and bills signed by the governor to strengthen transparency in government, including banning the use of loaned executives, preventing nepotism involving state contracts and greater accountability for companies seeking economic development projects in Alabama.

Kevin Stitt: Moved from 47th to 7th place in online budget transparency

Our Office of Emergency Management has the ability to call upon whatever resource it needs to help Oklahoma's communities prevent, respond, or recover from a major crisis. Homeland Security is a key part of that effort, proving valuable coordination to support our first responders. By merging these two agencies, we will bolster response capabilities, streamline coordination, and leverage existing resources for stronger prevention programs.

Kevin Stitt: Remove two regulations every new one added

Lynda Blanchard: Election reform bill is a socialist wish list

The For The Swamp Act (H.R.1) is a socialist wish list:
• Your tax dollars will be given to candidates who don't share your views
• Voter ID laws will be relaxed
• Gives DC swamp creatures more control over states elections
• Nothing about this bill is for the people. [OTI Note: the actual name of H.R.1 is "The For The People Act"]

Lynda Blanchard: DC statehood & Court-packing are power grabs

April 15: Trying to pack the court serves as a reminder that the radical liberals in DC will stop at nothing to gain power. The Supreme Court is an institution whose creation is rooted in the independence of political bias, and they are openly advocating to throw that out the window.

Marcus Bowman: Common sense to require voters to show ID

A: Voters must show an ID to vote. This should be common sense everywhere in America. And with that type of safeguard in place then we should make every effort to help legal citizens register to vote.

Mike Durant: We were robbed of Trump's second term; can't happen again

Durant declared that Trump had been "robbed" of a second term and that President Joe Biden did not win the election. "Voting integrity is, if not at the top of the list, very near the top of

Mike Durant: Supports amendment for Congressional term limits

Mo Brooks: Democrats stole election: pretty much it for our country

Richard Shelby: Peer pressure & education to get people to register to vote

Richard Shelby: I believe that the best way to get individuals to register to vote and get out to the polls is by positive support from peers in their community. Organizations like the League of Women Voters of Alabama are critical to educating citizens about the importance of voting and recognizing that this constitutional right is one that many around the world do not have. Voting is the best way to have your voice heard as a citizen of this great nation and to hold those who represent you accountable for their actions.

Robert Bentley: No campaign spending limits; no state funding of candidates

Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?
• Q: Individual ?
  A: Yes.
• Q: PAC ?
  A: Yes.
• Q: Do you support current limits on corporate contributions to state legislative candidates?
  A: Yes.
• Q: Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
  A: No.
• Q: Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
  A: No.

Ron Crumpton: Limit "Dark Money"; people's interests over big business

• He voted against legislation that would allow those with student loan debt to refinance that debt at a lower rate of interest.
• He voted against legislation that would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
• He voted against legislation that would have placed limits on the amount of `Dark Money` that could be used to influence elections.

Ron Crumpton: Make voter registration easier

A: Strongly agree.

Roy Moore: Presidents should show birth certificates; question Obama's

Moore, who started questioning the legitimacy of Obama's citizenship back in 2008, last year told a meeting of the Constitution Party that he personally did not believe Obama was a natural-born citizen: "My opinion is, there is a big question about that," Moore said when asked how he defines natural-born citizen as it relates to qualifications for president. Moore's comments came three months after then-Republican nominee Donald Trump conceded that Obama was born in the US after pushing the racially charged birther conspiracy for years.

In 2013, Moore dissented in an Alabama Supreme Court case closely tied to the birther conspiracy, writing that the state should "investigate the qualifications of those candidates who appeared on the 2012 general-election ballot."

Roy Moore: Repeal 17th Amendment & direct election of senators

Moore cited the 17th Amendment, which calls for the direct election of senators by voters rather than state legislatures, as one he particularly found troublesome.

Moore's campaign spokesman told CNN's KFile that Moore does not believe all amendments after the Tenth should be eliminated. "Judge Moore has expressed concern, as many other conservatives have, that the historical trend since the ratification of the Bill of Rights has been for federal empowerment over state empowerment."

Stacy Lee George: End corruption; turn Alabama into model state

Terri Sewell: Voting Rights Act protects voices of the minority

"And while right now many communities of color are in the minority," she noted, "[t]he browning of America is very real. The majority may become the minority, and that's what the Voting Rights Act was about--protecting the voices of those that are in the minority."

Tim James: Eliminate unnecessary regulations unduly burdening business

Tim James: Require proof of citizenship & photo ID in order to vote

Tommy Battle: Create regional councils to see and hear the people

Tommy Tuberville: Supports term limits: politicians buy elections through ads

Tommy Tuberville: Move government agencies out of Washington

"Get every one of them out of there, because it is nothing but a den of thieves," he said.

Vivian Davis Figures: Voted YES to prohibit money transfers between PACs

An Act relating to campaign contributions, to prohibit transfers between political action committees. Under existing law, a political action committee may make a contribution to another political action committee. This bill would prohibit transfers between political action committees.

Will Boyd: Support all efforts to end voter suppression

• Support all efforts to end voter suppression
• Oppose any efforts to silence the voice of voters
• Oppose any efforts to undermine The Voting Rights Act, especially those that misrepresent minority representation through gerrymandering Congressional districts

William Barnes: Running because Shelby's $13M warchest is from big business