Candidate information:
Email: Aswhandlin@njleg.org
Phone number: 732-383-7820
Campaign website: none
Social media: Facebook: Assemblywoman Amy Handlin
Education: Harvard Undergrad. Columbia Masters, NYU doctorate
Occupation: Associate Professor – Monmouth University
Party affiliation: Republican
Public/Party service: Deputy Mayor of Middletown, Monmouth County Freeholder for 16 years, General Assembly member for 10 years
Position on good government initiatives:
- Would you support reinstituting the statewide public advocate and making it a directly elected position? Yes.
- Would you support measures to increase voter participation (eg. same-day registration, early voting, vote by mail)? Yes.
- Would you support ethics reforms that would require broader disclosure on financial information and the release of income taxes by candidates for public office, as a means for regulating campaigns and limiting corruption? Yes.
- Would you support changing the nominating process for members of state-wide Commissions and Boards to have panels of nonpartisan experts nominate candidates, with full public disclosure of the candidates’ credentials, and to have the legislature vote on the nominations? Yes.
- Would you support placing a nonpartisan commission in charge of the legislative redistricting process? Yes.
- Would you support public funding of campaigns for all statewide offices, including the legislature? Yes.
- Would you support making the state legislature full-time and prohibiting simultaneous holding of other paid positions? No.
- Would you support reforming New Jersey’s Primary electoral ballots to give all candidates an equal chance of being elected? Yes.