What changes, if any, would you support to enable better access, ensure security, and support the processes of our elections?
Photo ID at polling places has become a hot topic for debate. While I am not opposed to Photo ID, I strongly believe that if implemented, new voters who don’t already have a Photo ID must have a quick and efficient way of providing a photo on their voter-ID cards at no cost. As a former poll worker, I support increasing awareness and pay for poll workers as incentivization for the increasing lack of availability in smaller rural precincts. I also support the Automatic Voter Registration for younger voters at the DMV.

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Caleb Donahue is from Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.

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McDonald's · 2020 to 2021

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Donahue’s run for Pennsylvania State Representative in District 81 is his first run for elected office.

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What do you see as the most pressing issues facing residents of your district, and how would you address them?
District 81 is comprised of many older voters. Easier access to healthcare benefits is a top priority if elected, and I will write and sponsor bills designed to protect and expand access to Medicare and Medicaid for Pennsylvanians. My district also has several working class voters, and I believe it is important to protect labor unions and to ensure every worker has fair wages and protections.

What are your thoughts on the state budget process? What changes, if any, would you support so that the budget is enacted in a timely manner?
I strongly believe that compromise is key to success, however if a budget isn’t passed on time, lawmakers should forfeit their pay. This will incentivize lawmakers to prioritize Pennsylvanians instead of partisan politics.

Supports protecting labor unions and ensuring workers receive fair wages and workplace protections.

Supports requiring lawmakers to forfeit their pay if they fail to pass the state budget on time.

- Supports protecting labor unions and ensuring workers receive fair wages and workplace protections.
- Supports requiring lawmakers to forfeit their pay if they fail to pass the state budget on time.

Economy

Supports protecting and expanding access to Medicare and Medicaid.

- Supports protecting and expanding access to Medicare and Medicaid.

Healthcare

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Education

Should the state legislature enact laws concerning the impacts on water, energy, or land use from the development and operation of data centers? Would state regulation of data center development and operation interfere with the authority of municipalities to establish ordinances under the MPC (Municipal Planning Code)?
While I believe that the creation of data centers should be heavily scrutinized and limited based on environmental concerns, I believe that municipalities and the state must 100% agree and collaborate with each other should any project come into fruition. All projects should be voted on by a countywide referendum. The state legislature should increase environmental regulations of data center projects and provide for more frequent audits.

Supports closely reviewing and limiting data-center development on environmental grounds, with agreement between municipalities and the state.

Supports stronger environmental rules and more frequent audits of data centers. 

Supports requiring state and local governments to agree on projects and holding countywide votes on proposed developments.

- Supports closely reviewing and limiting data-center development on environmental grounds, with agreement between municipalities and the state.
- Supports stronger environmental rules and more frequent audits of data centers. 
- Supports requiring state and local governments to agree on projects and holding countywide votes on proposed developments.

Energy & the Environment

Public Safety

Supports photo identification requirements only if new voters can obtain a photo voter-ID card quickly and at no cost.

Supports increasing awareness of poll worker roles and raising poll worker pay. 

Supports automatic voter registration for younger people at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

- Supports photo identification requirements only if new voters can obtain a photo voter-ID card quickly and at no cost.
- Supports increasing awareness of poll worker roles and raising poll worker pay. 
- Supports automatic voter registration for younger people at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

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