Citizens Agenda results: Reproductive rights, health care, infrastructure top voter concerns

Editor’s note: Thanks to all who submitted questions and voted on top issues during CDN’s third Citizens Agenda campaign.

In an online ballot and in our July 19 Election Extra primary guide, we submitted for public vote more than 50 questions (see page ELX 4 in CDN’s Primary Voter Guide) about federal and local concerns sent to us by readers/voters. From that list, we received a healthy number of votes for questions considered most important by readers. 

The “winning” questions, separated into two groups below, will be submitted to candidates who are subject to CDN’s upcoming General Election editorial endorsement process; their personal answers will be published in the CDN Voter Guide on Oct. 18. 

The questions also will form a foundation for interviews, forums and other activities for CDN reporters through the coming election season.

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#1. Should a woman have access to abortions, and what about in the case of life- and health-threatening pregnancies?

#18. Are current U.S. Supreme Court tenures too long and restrictions on conflicts of interest too lax?

#3. Do you think the president should be above the law? And does the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling effectively make that the case?

#9. Do you support Project 2025? If not, how will you protect citizens against its ideology?

#11. Do you believe our current options for health care in Whatcom County are adequate? What more can be done to make that happen?

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#25. What will you do about our housing crisis, not just the lack of stock but lack of average and middle-class affordability, and predatory investors and landlords?

#28. What will you do to bring fair and equitable funding to all public school districts in Washington? (Is the state’s “adjustment factor” working?)

#34. Do you think the current state infrastructure (utilities, transportation, parks, etc.) is up to the standards that taxpayers expect? If not what specific things would you do to change that?

#49. What is your stance on state Initiative 2117, which would repeal Washington’s Climate Commitment Act?

#42. For legislators and the state attorney general: What can you do to ensure PeaceHealth and other hospital groups in the state provide price transparency, and screen patients for financial assistance eligibility?