Results of Constituent Survey

Representative Jerry Madden Constituent Survey:        
  YES NO UNDECIDED TOTALS
All voters shoul have to show photo identification at the polling place prior to being allowed to vote. 422 47 23 492
There should be a gas tax holiday in Texas. 126 304 62 492
The state gasoline tax should be indexed to the rate of inflation 145 211 136 492
We should eliminate "sanctuary cities" where immigration status of someone arrested is not checked by law enforcement. 418 54 20 492
We should require counties to check the immigration status of all individuals charge with a felony. 462 22 8 492
The current 8.25% sales tax cap precludes some communities from participating in DART. We should raise the 8.25% sales tax cap to 9.25% to allow those non-Dart cities to become part of the DART system. 143 284 65 492
Plano, Richardson and Dallas are all part of DART. They should be allowed to raise the current 8.25% sales tax cap to 9.25% for non-transit programs to match the economic advantages those cities that could join DART would have in attracting business and doing infrastructure building and repair. 101 320 71 492
Texas should adopt more stringent auto emission standards like those of California. 211 237 44 492
Home Tax appraisal increases should be capped at 5% per year 264 142 86 492
Instead of a 5% cap on home tax appraisal increases a cap should be placed at 3% 260 132 100 492
We should place a spending cap (commonly called a revenue cap) on all cities, counties and other entities at 5% per year plus growth and inflation and excluding specific federal and state grants. 214 117 161 492
We should continue to elect judges in partisan elections. 276 142 74 492
Autistic children should be given state vouchers and allowed to attend any school of their choice. 200 172 120 492
We should support the building of a fence on our southern border. 261 185 46 492
The Texas Youth Commission should be remodeled so that instead of larger state facilities mostly rural for these young law violators we should have smaller facilities closer to their homes. 200 164 128 492
Since we have a large budget surplus the priority for its use should be additional property tax reductions. 291 126 75 492
The current top ten percent rule allowing automatic admission to state universities for all students from every school district that graduate from high school in the top 10% of their class should be repealed. 209 211 72 492
Casinos should be allowed in Texas. 219 238 35 492
Casinos should be allowed in Collin County. 184 268 40 492
Smoking should be banned from all business spaces in Texas. 323 131 38 492

 

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