Allen Glines in Survey of 2021 Senate campaign websites

On Civil Rights: Forbid discrimination against LGBTQIA+ individuals

• Pass legislation that forbids discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and credit and lending for LGBTQIA+ individuals.
• Ban conversion therapy.
• Forbid discrimination of LGBTQIA+ parents in adoption and foster care.
• Pass hate crime legislation that includes LGBTQIA+ individuals.
• Ban "panic defense."
• Forbid the exclusion of LGBTQIA+ individuals in private health insurance and Medicaid.
• Restore full rights of LGBTQIA+ individuals in the military.
• Remove restrictions when it comes to changing name or gender on driver's license or birth certificate.
• Ban anti-LGBTQIA+ policies in the education system.

On Crime: Reported illegal gambling sites and had them shut down

On Crime: Ban private prisons, cash bail, and civil forfeiture

• Ban private prisons, cash bail, and civil forfeiture.
• End the militarization of police.
• End racial and religious profiling.
• Explore alternatives to confinement for non-violent, low level offenders.
• Ban no-knock warrants.
• Ban chokeholds.
• Establish nongovernmental entity for investigating where unarmed individuals were killed by law enforcement.
• Fund continued processing of backlogged rape kits.
• Examine use of solitary confinement in prisons & seek to reduce it.

On Crime: Increased penalties for facilities, persons for elder abuse

• Expand analysis and regulation of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Increase penalties for facilities that continue to provide substandard care.
• Increase penalties for elder abuse offenses in home and healthcare settings.
• Lower prescription prices for seniors.
• Expand Silver Alert missing persons system to nationwide.
• Strengthen elder abuse laws and punishments for people who take advantage of the elderly.

On Drugs: Phase out penalties for marijuana at the federal level

On Education: Gradually lower tuition, allow student loan forgiveness

• Gradually lower tuition costs across the country until all higher education is free to anyone who wants to pursue it. Will only support versions of this policy that help the economy.
• Incentivize attending trade or technical schools as a means to address the skills gap and considerable amount of unfilled positions.
• Allow for student loan forgiveness and the ability of individuals to include their student loans in bankruptcy cases.

On Energy & Oil: Support Green New Deal, but no harm to economy

• Support Green New Deal and any legislation that seeks to better the environment. Will only support policies that do not harm the economy.
• Support measures that maintain and expand access to clean water throughout the country.
• Invest in the continued study of climate science and programs working to better the environment.
• Expand dialogue and representation of climate science in the federal government.
• Fight against language in current and future legislation [that] openly rules out climate change.

On Environment: Ban puppy mills; make animal cruelty a felony

On Families & Children: Worked to build awareness of missing children's cases

On Families & Children: Protect domestic violence victims; punish abusers

On Families & Children: For paid maternity leave up to 16 weeks

• Advocate for changing unpaid maternity leave to paid and expanding the amount of leave available from 12 to 16 weeks.
• Add assistance for diapers and wipes to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
• Increase marriage age to 18 years old.
• Pass legislation to make it illegal for parents to leave children in their car for any length of time. Increase penalties for parents whose children were harmed as the result of them being left in their car.

On Government Reform: Protect voting rights; expand vote by mail options

• Protecting the sanctity of voting by restoring and strengthening the Voting Rights Act/John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
• Pushing for expanded Vote-By-Mail options.
• Expanding in-person Early Vote and no-fault Absentee Ballot options.
• Increasing training and resources for state election officials and volunteers.
• Advocating for resources to protect the security of elections.
• Supporting efforts to make Election Day a federal holiday.
• Seek to expand participation of youth in the political process.
• Ban gerrymandering and develop a nongovernmental entity responsible for drawing district boundaries.

On Government Reform: End Citizens United, reform Federal Elections Commission

• End Citizens United and remove unchecked corporate money from politics.
• Require Super PACs to disclose their true identity and the identities of their donors.
• Reform Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to increase transparency and ease of access to relevant campaign finance information.

On Government Reform: Rollback any change made to USPS during Trump

• Rollback any change made to the USPS during the Trump Administration.
• Increase funding for the USPS now and gradually increase over time.
• Allow USPS to expand the amount of services it offers to its customers.
• Create a barrier between Postmaster General and their ability to implement measures that could harm the continued operations of the USPS.
• Repeal legislation that places burdensome regulations on the USPS, hindering its ability to become profitable.

On Gun Control: Ban assault weapons, pass universal background checks

• Designate flamethrowers as weapons and ban them.
• Ban the private ownership of tanks or any other heavy duty military vehicles.
• Pass Extreme Risk legislation to temporarily remove guns from individuals in crisis.
• Close the gun show loophole.
• Streamline the process of domestic abusers surrendering their firearms.
• Pass legislation to mandate the use of universal background checks.
• Ban high capacity magazines and assault weapons.
• Develop programs to provide comprehensive safety training to gun owners.

On Health Care: Support Affordable Care Act; develop universal healthcare

• Support the Affordable Care Act, improve its strengths and eliminate its weaknesses.
• Work to eliminate wasteful spending in federal healthcare programs.
• Cap and regulate out of control costs in the healthcare industry.
• Develop a sustainable program that provides universal healthcare.
• Lower rate of unvaccinated children.
• Lower the cost of life saving medications.
• Invest in programs that seek to expand our knowledge of mental health and the best ways to go about treating it.
• Invest in community programs that are working to assist individuals with serious mental health disorders.

On Health Care: Streamline process for accommodations for disabilities

Assist individuals in filing for disability payments. Decrease the amount of paperwork needed to file a claim. Reduce the backlog of claims that are unprocessed. Provide a clear path towards appealing rejected claims.

On Homeland Security: Seek to end homelessness among veterans

• Seek to end homelessness among veterans.
• Reform Veteran's Administration.
• Expand a veteran's ability to choose healthcare options that best meet their needs.
• Assist veterans who are suffering from PTSD or other mental health disorders as a result of their time in combat.
• Establish program to provide housing to veterans who are unable to work due to disabilities incurred during their time in the service and have found themselves homeless.

On Jobs: Find best course to raise minimum wage to $15

• Stop companies from paying individuals with disabilities less than minimum wage.
• Eliminate programs that seek to profit from exploiting the ability to pay low wages to individuals with disabilities.
• Determine the best course for raising the federal minimum wage to $15.
• Oppose increases in taxes for middle and lower class.
• I nvest in programs that assist in growth and expansion of small business.
• Promote the continued advancement and enhancement of workers rights nationwide.
• Protect the dignity of work, including honest wages, protected retirement, and fair overtime compensation.

On Principles & Values: Condemn white supremacy & far right nationalism

On Social Security: Ensure solvency of Social Security & Medicare

• Ensure the continued solvency of Social Security and Medicare for decades to come.
• Work to safeguard senior citizens against being taken advantage of in financial transactions.
• Increase funding for individuals that seek to provide meals and transportation for seniors.

On Technology: Reinstate net neutrality; expand broadband access

• Reinstate net neutrality.
• Eliminate data caps for home internet services.
• Develop a sustainable program for universal internet access.
• Expand access to broadband to areas that are underserved.
• Pass legislation to assist low income individuals in obtaining basic internet access.
• Pass laws to address computer invasion, including the dissemination of harmful computer software through deception.
• Ban online subscriptions that are difficult to cancel as a means to trick consumers to continue to pay for them.
• Address the out of control growth of large technology companies and ensure they're still cooperating with antitrust legislation.

On Technology: Prosecute entities conducting phone scams

Pursue and prosecute entities that are responsible for perpetuating scams using the telephone.

On Welfare & Poverty: Ban payday loans; incentivize affordable housing

• Ban payday loans and all other forms for predatory lending.
• Increase funding for programs that provide rental assistance to individuals in crisis.
• Fight out of control rent payments across the country.
• Encourage and incentivize the construction of affordable housing.