2024 Liberty Survey - Candidate Response
| Name: Nigel Bristow | Response Date: 8/25/2024 | Office: US House of Representatives NC-09 | Party: Democratic | Social or Website: nigelbristowforcongress.com |
Economic Freedom
| Do you support reducing or eliminating state taxes on income, property, and sales to enhance economic freedom for individuals and businesses in North Carolina? |
| Mildly reduce taxation |
| Do you support abolishing the state income tax and replacing it with a consumption-based tax system? |
| No position |
| Do you support reducing state government spending and opposing any new debt, ensuring that government lives within its means? |
| Oppose |
| Do you support significantly reducing or eliminating occupational licensing restrictions in North Carolina |
| Oppose |
| Do you support policies that make it easier for non-violent immigrants to live and work in North Carolina legally, without unnecessary government restrictions? |
| Support |
Role of Government
| Do you support reducing government regulations on businesses, allowing for more innovation, competition, and job creation in North Carolina? |
| Oppose |
| Do you support ending corporate welfare and government subsidies to private businesses, allowing the free market to determine winners and losers? |
| Oppose |
| Do you support eliminating statutory protections for polluters and other bad actors who damage the environment, opening them up to liability for their actions? |
| Strongly Support |
| Do you support expanding healthcare freedom by reducing government mandates, deregulation, repealing Certificate of Need laws, and allowing for more competition in the healthcare market? |
| Support |
| Do you support market-based solutions to environmental issues, rather than government mandates, to encourage conservation and sustainability? |
| Oppose |
| Do you support increasing government transparency by making all government operations, including budgets and decision-making processes, more accessible to the public? |
| Strongly Support |
| Do you support elected officials being able to arbitrarily determine what documents are exempt from public records request and can be destroyed at will? |
| Strongly Oppose |
| Do you support reducing barriers for third-party and independent candidates to gain ballot access in North Carolina? |
| Strongly Support |
| Do you support measures that ensure election integrity provided they do not interfere with, target, or disenfranchise eligible voters? |
| Strongly Support |
| Do you support strengthening property rights by opposing eminent domain abuses and excessive zoning regulations? |
| Strongly Support |
| Do you support increasing local control over government decisions, allowing counties and municipalities more autonomy from state interference? |
| Support |
Second Amendment and Gun Rights
| Do you support protecting the right to bear arms, opposing any new state-level gun control measures? |
| Oppose |
| Would you support protecting the right to bear arms by repealing gun laws currently on the books in North Carolina? |
| Oppose |
| Do you support legislation that would nullify federal gun laws? Example: North Carolinians would have the right to make and use suppressors made in North Carolina without approval from the ATF. |
| Strongly Oppose |
Education
| Do you support expanding school choice options, including charter schools, vouchers, and homeschooling, to give parents and students more control over their education? |
| No position |
| Do you think that schools should be able to make healthcare decisions or administer treatments for students without notifying parents? |
| Disagree |
| Do you support the current policy where failing schools continue to receive state money? |
| Support |
Criminal Justice
| Do you support reforming the criminal justice system by ending mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent offenses and emphasizing rehabilitation over incarceration? |
| Strongly Support |
| Do you support full reinstatement of all rights for convicted criminals once they have fully served their time and paid their debts to society? |
| Strongly Support |
| Do you believe the public has a right to view police body camera footage, provided victims' and minors' identities are protected? |
| Strongly Support |
| Do you support protecting civil liberties by opposing government surveillance, warrantless searches, and other intrusions on individual privacy? |
| Support |
| Do you support a law requiring that any assets forfeited and distributed under North Carolina's "Equitable Sharing Program" have come from someone who was criminally convicted, in line with North Carolina's legal ban on civil asset forfeiture? (More information on Equitable Sharing Programs here) |
| Strongly Support |
| Do you believe that a police officer claiming to "smell marijuana" should be sufficient justification for probable cause to initiate a search of person or property? |
| Strongly Disagree |
Morality Legislation
| Do you support the decriminalization of cannabis and other measures that reduce penalties for non-violent, victimless crimes? |
| Support |
| Do you support the abolition of the ABC system (Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission) in North Carolina? |
| No position |
| To what degree should government regulate gambling, by adults, in North Carolina? |
| Highly Regulated |
Foreign Intervention
| Although primarily a federal issue, do you support North Carolina adopting a non-interventionist stance by opposing state-level support for foreign military actions or agreements? |
| No position |
| Do you support Defend the Guard Legislation in North Carolina? This would prevent the deployment of the North Carolina National Guard without a Declaration of War by Congress. (More Information: https://defendtheguard.us/). |
| Oppose |
Conclusion
| In as many words as you'd like, explain why you are a pro-Liberty candidate or would increase Liberty in the state during the upcoming NCGA term? The LPNC will post your entire response to our website. |
| For years the NC State Legislature has disenfranchised and marginalized people of all communities in the state of North Carolina through voter suppression methods and bad acts perpetrated by the legislature. They still refuse to fund the public schools although the state constitution mandates it. The current state representatives do not represent the people or serve their interest. They serve their own interest at the detriment of the people. |
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