2014 IFI Voter Guide | Illinois Statewide Candidate Survey
State candidates were asked if they Support or Oppose:
Timothy Goodcase, write-in candidate for Illinois Comptroller’s answers:
Oppose - A | SB 10 (2013) legalizes same-sex marriage. (signed into law)
Support - B | HJRCA 6 and SJRCA 9 (2013) amends the State Constitution by defining marriage as the union of one man and one
woman.
Oppose - C | HB 1 (2013) permits patients to smoke marijuana for medical purposes without police interference and permits
authorized persons to possess marijuana and operate a motor vehicle after consumption. (signed into law)
Oppose - D | HB 183 (2013) permits the IL State Police to issue permits to carry a concealed firearm to persons who meet certain
requirements. (signed into law)
Oppose - E | SB 1739 (2013) & SB 1849 (2012) would authorize 5 new casinos and authorize slot machines at every race track.
Oppose - F | HB 2675 (2013) mandates that all Illinois school districts that teach sex ed in grades 6-12 use only “comprehensive
sex ed” resources, which may include undefined “age-appropriate” information on sexuality, including contraception,
homosexuality, bisexuality, and Gender Identity Disorder. (signed into law)
Oppose - G | HJRCA 0002 (2013) provides that income taxes would increase based on an individual’s income.
Oppose - H | SB 1307 (2013) lowers the compulsory age of school attendance from 7 to 6. (signed into law)
Oppose - I | SB 2505 (2010) increased the income tax by 66% from 3% to 5%, and the corporate tax from 4.8% to 7%.
(became law on 1/13/2011 and expires in 2015)
Support - J | HB 2684 (2013) would require abortion clinics that perform more than 50 abortions per year to meet the safety
regulations of other out-patient treatment centers.
Oppose - K | HB 5569 bans reparative therapy for children who have unwanted same-sex attraction.
Support - L | Passed in 1995, not enforced until 2013, the Parental Notification Law requires that parents be notified when their
minor daughter seeks an abortion.