North Dakota State Representative District 19 Choose 2
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What are your top priorities?
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How would you ensure that North Dakotans’ healthcare costs are affordable?
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How would you address the housing needs of the state?
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What is your position on allowing public funds to be directed to non-public education?
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What are your views on the current voting methods and access to voting in North Dakota?
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What is the role of the federal government regarding states’ rights, and are there currently any areas where you believe there is an imbalance?
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District 19 Dem-NPL
Campaign Email
jolenehermanson@gmail.com
Campaign Phone Number
7017390878
What are your top priorities?
Every child/student in the valley deserves a safe place to learn and grow while their caregiver works.
Every person in the valley deserves assess to quality healthcare. We need to keep local EMS, hospitals, and senior living facilities.
Every person in the valley deserves to have their basic needs met.
North Dakota farmers benefit North Dakota families. Farmers need support for the state at these difficult times.
How would you ensure that North Dakotans’ healthcare costs are affordable?
We can continue to look at reducing drug prices and can utilize telemedicine when possible to help reduce costs. We need to find way to keep future healthcare increase down or more people will not be able to afford heath insurance. Every person deserves access to quality healthcare. This is a serious problem we all need to work together to solve. The cost is going up so fast that there are people in the state that have decided not to renew their health insurance. Another problem to solve.
How would you address the housing needs of the state?
I think there should be a limit as to how many single family homes a person or corporation can own. We might want to look at laws that tax at a higher rate when a person or corporation owns more that 2 single family homes in the state. We can not allow corporations to buy up the single family housing. If we get more single family homes on the market, the prices should drop so it would make it more affordable. Our young families deserve a change at buying a home.
What is your position on allowing public funds to be directed to non-public education?
I want public funds to stay in public schools. Private schools can discriminate on who gets to attend their schools. Being from a rural area, there are only public only public schools at attend. So school vouchers will take money away from our schools. Private schools are not held to the same academic standards as public schools. Vouchers would be a tax break for wealthy families already using private education and would be a financial drain on public schools.
What are your views on the current voting methods and access to voting in North Dakota?
I would like to see voting by mail to continue. With North Dakota being a rural state, it makes it easier for the people to vote. If there are changes to voting methods, the people need to be informed of these changes will in advance of the election. Voting should be assessable to all citizens. We need to protect the right to vote and understand the impact of passing proposed laws like the Save Act could actually take away voting rights from colored people, the elderly, rural, and women.
What is the role of the federal government regarding states’ rights, and are there currently any areas where you believe there is an imbalance?
The role of the federal government is to solve issues that states can not handle efficiently alone, like national security, money, and manage foreign affairs. The states not the President handles elections which protects the right to vote. It is practical because states already have set up the procedures for holding all other elections. This practice makes it so it is not confusing for the voters. The Save Act does not protect the right to vote. It hurts colored people, elderly, and women.
Biographical Information
What are your top priorities?
Candidate has not yet responded.
How would you ensure that North Dakotans’ healthcare costs are affordable?
Candidate has not yet responded.
How would you address the housing needs of the state?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What is your position on allowing public funds to be directed to non-public education?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What are your views on the current voting methods and access to voting in North Dakota?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What is the role of the federal government regarding states’ rights, and are there currently any areas where you believe there is an imbalance?
Candidate has not yet responded.