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<br /> <br />9) Homestead Exemption – Support revisions to the Homestead <br />Exemption provisions of the Machinery Act to: <br />a) provide greater opportunities for low-income seniors to <br />remain in their homes and not be displaced due to property <br />tax burdens by approving a one-time ten percent (10%) <br />increase in the base income qualification standard; and <br />maintaining the current provisions which increase the <br />income qualification standard each year based on any cost- <br />of-living adjustment made to the benefits under Titles II and <br />XVI of the Social Security Act for the preceding calendar <br />year; and <br />b) diminish the discriminatory features of the current exemption <br />provisions relating to married couples by establishing <br />graduated income qualification standards for single <br />individuals versus married couples; <br /> <br />10) Sales Tax Distribution Formula – Support legislation directing <br />that all sales tax be distributed on a per capita basis as it is fair <br />and more equitable for counties with less economic development <br />as compared to the point of delivery basis. The UNC School of <br />Government has indicated that a per capita basis tax ”would <br />indeed be a more even distribution of LOST revenue across the <br />state”; <br /> <br />11) Maintain Local Government Authority over Solid Waste <br />Management – Oppose any shift of solid waste management and <br />recycling services away from local governments; <br /> <br />12) Electronics Recycling – Support legislation to provide additional <br />funding to local governments for electronics recycling to cover <br />significant increased costs for recycling these materials and to <br />oppose the lifting of restrictions on disposal of electronics in <br />landfills; <br /> <br />13) Re-instatement of Earned Income Tax Credit – Support <br />legislation to re-instate the State Earned Income Tax Credit which <br />greatly benefitted low wage earners until its elimination after the <br />2013 tax year; <br /> <br />14) Voter Registration and Voting – Support legislation to restore <br />straight party ticket voting and provide public financing of judicial <br />elections and eliminate any requirements for photograph <br />identification; <br /> <br />15) Abolish State Death Penalty – Support legislation to abolish the <br />State of North Carolina’s death penalty; <br />