SMITH, MELISSA

Meet the Candidate

Running For:
State House of Representatives
District:
44
Political Affiliation:
Democratic

Survey

Response Legend

  • SSStrongly Supports
  • SSupports
  • OOpposes
  • SOStrongly Opposes
  • *Comment
  • Declined to respond
  • Declined to respond, Position based on citation

Question Response Comments/Notes
1. Pubic Schools in Montana are overfunded:
2. Pubic Schools in Montana are underfunded:
3. Pubic Schools in Montana are adequately funded:
4. Parental choice in education should be expanded through tax credits, education savings accounts, vouchers, and other means to allow children to attend any school of their or their parents choice:
5. Montana should allow public charter schools:
6. Parents should be allowed to home school their children without additional state regulation:
7. The teaching of "Critical Race Theory" (CRT) should be banned in Montana public schools:
8. Comprehensive sex education, beginning as early as kindergarten, should be allowed in public elementary schools:
9. Income taxes in Montana are too high:
10. Property taxes in Montana are too high:
11. Corporate taxes in Montana are too high:
12. The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows all citizens to own firearms for self-protection:
13. Global warming is a problem requiring increased regulation:
14. Environmental regulations in Montana are too stringent:
15. Environmental regulations in Montana are NOT stringent enough:
16. Montanans should not be discriminated against or treated differently because of their vaccine status:
17. Doctor assisted suicide should be legal in Montana:
18. Abortion should be banned in ALL stages of pregnancy:
19. Abortion should be banned during all stages of pregnancy, with the exceptions for rape and incest:
20. Abortion should be banned only after a heartbeat is detected (around 6 weeks):
21. Abortion should be banned only after the first trimester (12 weeks):
22. Abortion should be banned only when a fetus becomes viable outside the womb (20 weeks):
23. Abortion should be banned only after the 2nd trimester (28 weeks):
24. Abortion should never be banned, not at any stage of pregnancy:
25. The Montana Constitution should be amended to ban abortion:
26. Infanticide (infants born alive with physical abnormalities, including infants born as a result of a botched abortion) should be banned in Montana.
27. Companies and individuals should be allowed to opt-out of the abortion related mandates contained in Obamacare:
28. Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete against athletes of the opposite sex:
29. Doctors should be banned from performing sex-change procedures on minors:
30. Homosexuals and transgender people should be allowed to adopt children:
31. Non-discrimination laws should be expanded to protect sexual orientation and gender identity in the same way that race, creed, nationality, and religion are protected:
32. Montana’s marriage laws should be changed to reflect the recent legalization of same-sex marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court: