Elijah Olson
Libertarian | Washington
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Elijah Olson
Party
Libertarian
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist.38 - Pos. 2
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Marysville Pilchuck HS, Marysville, Diploma, 2001
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Libertarian Party of Washington State, Executive Director of region 2, Free Masons
entered apprentice
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
U.S. Congress Dist. 2, 2012
Marysville City Council, 2013
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (2)
Elizabeth Scott
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Parents should be free to use tax credits, vouchers, or education savings system to enable children to attend any public, charter, private, homeschool, or online academy .
Strongly Agree
3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
4. Except in cases where a judge has determined it would put a minor at risk, parental notification should be required before a minor can receive an abortion.
Agree
5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.
Agree
6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Disagree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Neutral
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Disagree
9. Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Strongly Agree
10. There should be a strict constitutional spending limit for state and local governments that would tie the rate of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.
Strongly Agree
11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Disagree
12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Agree
13. Where minor children are involved, divorce laws should be reformed to include mutual consent of both parents and an increased waiting period, unless there is fault or abuse.
Agree
14. Washington State should not be suing any businesses that prefer not to be part of a same-sex wedding.
Strongly Agree
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Neutral
16. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Disagree
17. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
18. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
19. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
God (based on the Deceleration of Independence) Voters (citizens) Constitution (contract between citizens and government) Supreme Court Congress
20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
This is a question I feel I am unqualified to answer, as I am not a woman and could only assume what would be extenuating. I am morally against abortion, but I am also morally against government intrusion in either for or against abortion, mandating what one can and cannot do.
21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
As a child I was christian. As I became older I have found the those who I considered an authority figure were becoming more and more fallible. And once I heard the argument "how do you explain a sunset if there is no God?" I decided to think for myself. My religious belief would be considered agnostic I believe in a higher power, but I can not take all the stories as complete truth.
