| Short Question | Actual question asked |
| Other | Information about how answers were or were not acquired. |
| Biographical | *Please include biographical information you consider important for voters to know and/or reference your website. |
| Extra biographical | Biographical information from what candidates provided the Douglas County Election office and/or other web resources. Candidates are asked to email kathy@voterinformation.org if any information is inaccurate. When known, candidate's website is noted. |
| Abortion | *What definition do you give for each of these terms: pro-life, pro-choice. Which is your view and what education or experiences drives you to hold that view? |
| Abstinence, Contraceptives | Should schools teach abstinence-only sex education? Why or why not? Should schools teach about contraceptive use? |
| Airport business connection | Do you, a family member, or your employer have any business relationships serving the Airport? Please describe. |
| Alcohol tax increase | Do you support an alcohol tax increase to help offset the costs of treatment, enforcement, and prevention? Why or why not? |
| Animals | What are the hot button issues concerning animals/pets in the city? |
| Anything else? | Declare anything else you want voters to know about you. |
| Balanced Budget | *What recommendations do you have for balancing the federal budget? |
| Bellevue Library | *What should be done to provide library service to the growing southwest areas of Bellevue, for example, additional library, e-resources, Sarpy cities library coop, etc.? |
| Board Role | *What do you see as the role you would play as a board member? What relationship do you picture as appropriate between board members and hired personnel? |
| Business Partnerships | Describe your view on how partnerships between local business and the college can be a benefit and/or a detriment. |
| Checks and Balances | *How do you view the check and balance relationships between the president and the board? How do you picture representing the interests of the public if they differ from the president? |
| Children's Laws | When writing laws that affect children, what plan do you have to prevent damage to good home situations from rules designed to protect children from bad home situations? |
| City Business Connection | Do you, a family member, or your employer have any business relationship serving the city? Please describe. |
| City Resources | *What specific plan do you have for making the best use of taxpayer dollars? For example, what priority would you put on zoning, business incentives, updating technology, personnel management, etc. |
| Climate Change (Education) | *What requirements should be included for educating with regard to climate change? |
| College Business Connection | Do you or your employer have any business relationships serving the college? Please describe. |
| College Leadership | *How can you give leadership to the college without micromanaging? |
| College Purpose/Priorities | *Describe your vision for the college, what is its niche? And therefore, what do you think are the biggest priorities for the college at this time? |
| Committees | On what committees would you like to serve and why? |
| Conflict of Views | *When you run into a conflict where your personal views don’t agree with your political party, your constituents, a lobbyist and/or some group that has previously generously funded your campaign, how will you decide what to do? |
| Constitution | What does it mean to “uphold the Constitution” in the position you seek? |
| County Business Connection | *Do you, a family member, or your employer have any business relationship serving the county? Please describe. |
| County Priorities | *What primary issues does the county face, and what priority would you assign to them? |
| Critique Evolution | Do you support or oppose faculty criticizing or critiquing the theory of evolution? Is opposition to the theory of evolution adequate grounds to deny promotion, tenure or reappointment for faculty? |
| Death Penalty | In your opinion, could the death penalty be a deterrent to crime? How or why not? |
| Decency | Should decency laws, including things like sex trafficking, be written at the national, state, county, or local level? What should they include? Who should enforce them? |
| Development vrs Natural Resources | *What do you see as the balance between commercial/residential development and natural resource issues? |
| DOMA | The Department of Justice has refused to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act. What is your personal view on this legal irregularity? What is your personal view on the Defense of Marriage Act? |
| Drugs | *What further education would you recommend for fighting the drug problem? |
| Education Business Connection | Do you, a family member, or your employer have any business relationships serving education? Please describe. |
| Education Support | What support (e.g. vouchers, tax credit) should alternative schools (whether charter, home school, private school) have from taxes collected for education? |
| Eminent Domain | *Describe your thinking on eminent domain and private property rights. |
| Energy and Environment | What can the Regents do to promote energy efficiency and environmentally friendly practices? |
| Environmental Regulations | To what extent should Congress release legislative authority to the executive branch with regard to environmental issues? |
| Environmental Responsibility | *How should the utility balance the increasing needs with environmental responsibility? |
| Faculty Accountability (college) | *What policies would you support concerning keeping faculty (especially adjunct faculty) accountable? |
| Faculty Accountability (university) | What policies would you support concerning keeping faculty accountable? |
| Family | What role has your family played in your seeking this office? In holding this position, how do you foresee it affecting your family? |
| Federal finances | *Under what circumstances should government be allowed to spend more than revenues? |
| Federal government purpose | *What is the purpose of federal government in society? |
| Federal Mandates | What action should be taken with respect to unfunded federal mandates? |
| Foreign Policy | *What would you support or not support in U.S. foreign policy? What is your view concerning U.S. support of Israel? |
| Gambling | *Discuss the pros and cons of government having more revenue from gambling. |
| General Manager and Board | How do you view the check and balance relationships between the general manager and the board? How do you picture representing the interests of the public if they differ from the general manager? |
| Governing documents | What do you see as the major governing documents for this position? Have you read them? |
| Gun Control | *Discuss your views on gun control both as a potential federal legislator and as a private citizen |
| Healthcare | What do you see as the ideal healthcare system? |
| Immigration | *What role should each level of government have in the immigration issue? From city, to county, to state, to federal? |
| Indian Affairs | What do you see as the solution for socio-economic, educational, and employment difficulties on Indian reservations in Nebraska? |
| International/Ethnic | Should international and ethnic communities be assimilated and/or remain distinct? What policies do you support or propose? |
| Job Creation (City) | How can the city council help in job creation? What would you do to make the city more business friendly? What specific ideas do you have for jobs? |
| Job Creation (County) | How can the county board help in job creation? What would you do to make the county more business friendly? What specific ideas do you have for jobs? |
| Jobs Creation (National) | What is the responsibility of the Congress in creating jobs? What specific ideas do you have for jobs? |
| Jobs Creation (State) | *How can the legislature help in job creation? What would you do to make the state more business friendly? What specific ideas do you have for jobs? |
| Justice Cooperation | *Do you feel there is enough cooperation among the courts, law enforcement, and the judicial system to best serve and protect the public? |
| Legislative Focus | *In what issue areas do you see yourself introducing legislation? |
| Lifestyles | *Should schools promote all lifestyles, beliefs and values to be equal? |
| Low-income Students | *What, if anything, can be done at the Regents’ level to make post-secondary education more accessible to low-income students? |
| Motivation | *What has motivated you to seek this office? Is there a key issue you hope to address? |
| Nationalized Standards | *Some are pushing for nationalized learning standards (Federal curriculum) and assessment systems. Do you agree or disagree with that idea? Why? |
| NRD Business Connection | Do you, a family member, or your employer have any business relationships serving the NRD? Please describe. |
| NRD issue | *What do you see as the most important issue for the NRD at this time? |
| Office Effectiveness | *Predict how any of the following would hinder or improve your effectiveness in this office: expanded gambling, welfare reform, changes in unemployment, indebtedness of personnel, employee drug use, etc. |
| Parental Rights Amendment | *Do you oppose or support a Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? Why? (See www.parentalrights.org for proposed language.) |
| People Skills | *Describe the people management skills and/or training you possess. |
| Personal/Political | *Discuss your view on how an office holder’s personal life and/or values affects his/her political performance. |
| Potential Policies | What policies do you approve/disapprove that have been or will be established for how the learning community coordinating council interacts with school boards? |
| President | *What key considerations will you use in deciding how you will vote for President in 2012? |
| Presidential Appointees | By which criteria will you vote on confirming presidential nominees, specifically judges, but also ambassadors, military commanders, cabinet members. |
| Priorities | *What do you think are the highest priorities for the university system at this time? |
| Qualifications | *What three primary qualifications do you bring to this office? |
| Religious Freedom | *Should Muslim students have freedom to pray at specified times? Should Christian students have freedom to pray in public? Should those without a specific religion be free to cancel other religious practices? |
| Religious Freedom, IRS | Discuss your view of federal laws allowing exemptions for issues of conscience for individuals and/or religious organizations, whether IRS or other situations. |
| Responsibility to Represent | *How will your constituents know you are fulfilling your responsibility to represent them? |
| School Districts | What procedures/philosophies do you recommend in cooperating with local school districts? |
| Scientifically Criticize Evolutionary Theory | Should teachers be required to include scientific criticisms of evolutionary theory in their science curriculum? Why or why not? |
| State Revenue | In light of both declining personal income and sales tax revenues, what should be done to expand state revenue? |
| State Spending | *What specific plan do you have for making the best use of taxpayer dollars? For example, what priority would you put on gambling addiction support, crime issues, library services, stem-cell research, gun control, etc. |
| State to County Revenue | *What actions have you/would you take to ensure that the county receives its proportionate share of tax dollars from the State of Nebraska? What actions have you/would you take to ensure that the county receives its proportionate representation on boards and commissions, which allocate state tax dollars which fund counties and county services? |
| Status | Information concerning status on contacting the candidate. |
| Stem cell research | What is your opinion on the value of stem cell research, whether embryonic or adult stem cells? |
| Superintendent and School Board | *How do you view the check and balance relationships between the superintendent and the school board? How do you picture representing the interests of the public if it differs with the superintendent? |
| Sustainable Development | *What does sustainable development mean to you? What do you believe should be the government’s role in establishing green policy? |
| Taxes | *Briefly describe your philosophy of taxes. What would be your view of the Fair Tax, Flat Tax, national sales tax, current IRS code? |
| Transparency vs security | How would you balance the transparency and national security issues concerning foreign policy? |
| Underage drinking | *What needs to be done to curb underage drinking? |
| University Business Connection | Do you, a family member, or your employer have any business relationships serving the university system? Please describe. |
| Urban/Rural | What philosophy drives how you view the diverse needs of urban versus rural residents? An example situation would be the amount of money allocated to road repairs in low population areas where it takes lots more miles of road for fewer people than in the city. |
| Utility Business Connections | Do you, a family member, or your employer have any business relationships serving the Utility? Please describe. |
| Utility issue | *What do you see as the most important issue for the utility at this time? |
| Voter ID | *Do you agree or disagree with the Legislature’s action with regard to Voter ID? Why? |