Richard Weiss

Party: Green

Office: US Senate

Richard L. Weiss, Esq., supports criminal justice reforms including ending cash bail, decriminalizing drug use and sex work, and establishing citizens' police review boards with strong police professionalism standards.

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Abortion

I support an unrestricted, no questions asked, right to a safe and prompt abortion up to the end of 20 weeks of pregnancy, calculated starting at 2 weeks after last menstruation. An embryo is composed of human cells but is not yet a human being. The soul

Voting Rights and Access

Paper ballots. Hand marked. Hand counted. On camera. Make Election Day a holiday. Memorial Day and Veterans day can be merged to make room for a new holiday on Election Day. Copies may be counted by scanner as a quality control measure that identifies err

Taxes/Economy

The rise in cost of energy is the source of the current surge in inflation. The U.S. is currently energy independent and the cost of producing oil/gas in the U.S. did not go up. The world price went up. The price increase was due to the corporations' obli

Climate Change/Environmental Policy

I support the phasing out of fossil fuels and a just transition to renewable energy as quickly as possible. The Green New Deal, originally proposed by Green Party NY Governor candidate Howie Hawkins in 2010, can be found in its current form here: gp.org

Immigration

The important issue is that undocumented people working in the U.S. are essential workers and should be gotten documents so that they can come and go freely and legally. When Alabama successfully scared away undocumented workers, the economy collapsed. ht

LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ adults should be allowed to marry and adopt. A government issued marriage license has nothing to do with religion. Adam and Eve did not have any government issued certificate. I believe we are born with gender identity and sex orientation that

Police/Criminal Justice Reform

Nonviolent offenders should be diverted from incarceration to other programs. I am in favor of using restorative justice as an alternative to incarceration as much as possible I believe restorative justice has better success and results in lower rates o

Gun Policy

I support reinstating the 1994 assault weapons ban. In addition, I support further legislation defining military and civilian grade weapons. Military grade weapons would not be available to the public. The 2nd Amendment only prevented the federal governm

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