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3 <br /> nonrecurring expenses to improve and spark innovation in food <br /> preservation and processing techniques to create a more secure <br /> and resilient supply chain and better prepare the State for <br /> emergencies that adversely impact the State's food supply; <br /> 10)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 /> 11)Non-Partisan Redistricting Process for Elections — Support <br /> legislation to establish a process for an independent, non-partisan <br /> redistricting process after each United States Census for the <br /> election of representatives from North Carolina to the United <br /> States House of Representatives, the North Carolina House, and <br /> the North Carolina Senate; <br /> 12)Legislative Leadership Term Limit — Support legislation that <br /> limits the length of time a North Carolina General Assembly <br /> member can serve in the same leadership position to eight <br /> consecutive years; <br /> 13)Fulfillment of Constitutional Duties — Oppose any legislation, <br /> that seeks to exempt any government employee or agent from <br /> fulfilling his/her constitutional duties, including but not limited to <br /> guaranteeing the right to marry for same-sex residents of North <br /> Carolina; <br /> 14)Bona Fide Farm Use — Support legislation clarifying that the farm <br /> use and agriculture exemption of 153A-340 that restricts local <br /> zoning authority applies only to property on which the production <br /> of crops or livestock is the primary use. Clarify that marketing and <br /> agri-tourism activities must be secondary uses of the property and <br /> do not qualify for the exemption in the absence of the production of <br /> crops or livestock; <br /> 15)Renewable Energy — Support renewable energy initiatives <br /> available to residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural <br /> activities to create a market for energy credits. This support will <br /> provide incentives to produce renewable energy, which will <br /> become increasingly important to preserving and strengthening the <br /> economy and infrastructure, and in the case of agriculture help <br /> maintain rural heritage and culture; <br /> 16)Bail Reform (Also known as 3DaysCountTM) — Support <br /> legislation to develop and fund a plan to implement 3DaysCountTM <br /> to help reduce unnecessary arrests by expanding the use of <br /> citations or summons, replace money bail with non-financial, least <br />