JANUARY 2002 CITIZENS' POLL RESULTS

I want to again thank the hundreds of participants in the poll; including the 355 persons responding from the Martinsburg, Falling Waters, and Eastern Panhandle area who were tallied in the overall percentage results.

YES NO DO YOU FAVOR?
83% 17% 1. Requiring the licensing of ATV (All Terrain Vehicles - 4 wheelers) and restricting their use on state-maintained roads?
74% 26% 2. Extending the school year beyond June 8 if necessary for weather or other school closings as other states do?
94% 6% 3. Allowing newspapers to print the names of juveniles involved in repeat or violent criminal activities?
82% 18% 4. Lowering from age 18 to 16 the age that juveniles are tried in adult court?
34% 66% 5. Sales tax on internet transactions?
46% 54% 6. A full time, year-round West Virginia Legislature (currently the legislature has a regular 60-day session)?
33% 67% 7. Hate crime legislation that adds special protections based on sexual orientation?
60% 40% 8. Exempting military retirement pay from state income tax?
77% 23% 9. Right to Work (ending required union membership at any workplace in the state)?
41% 59% 10. Allowing auto dealers to sell older, high-mileage vehicles "as is" without a guarantee and at a lower price?
17% 83% 11. Further expansion of state-sponsored gambling such as more video poker slot machines in our communities?
87% 13% 12. Requiring defendants who are sued to pay only according to the percent they are at fault?
85% 15% 13. Reinstating the death penalty for first degree murder?
55% 45% 14. Giving parents tax incentives if they send their children to a private school and pay the tuition?
55% 45% 15. A Bottle Bill requiring deposits on all plastic, glass and metal beverage containers?
90% 10% 16. Guard rail barrier between the lanes on I-81 when a third lane is added (as opposed to using a cable barrier)?

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