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Candidate survey · US House of Representatives - CD6

Eric Yonce

US House of Representatives - CD6

answered october 14, 2026

PART 1: YES / NO POSITIONS

  1. 1. Do you support ending the warrantless collection of American citizens' data and communications under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)?

    Yes

  2. 2. Will you oppose any legislation or executive directive that mandates tech companies to build "backdoors" into end-to-end encrypted messaging services for law enforcement?

    Yes

  3. 3. Do you support a complete ban on law enforcement agencies purchasing Americans' private location, browsing, and personal data from commercial data brokers without a judicial warrant?

    Yes

  4. 4. Do you support a full legislative repeal of the bulk data collection authorities originally granted under the USA PATRIOT Act?

    Yes

  5. 5. Do you support a total ban on the use of biometric facial recognition surveillance technologies by local law enforcement and municipal agencies in public spaces?

    Yes

  6. 6. Will you vote to prohibit or dismantle localized networks of automated license plate readers that log, track, and store the daily travel histories of citizens who are not suspected of a crime?

    Yes

  7. 7. Do you oppose the integration of local private security cameras into centralized, real-time police monitoring networks without explicit, case-by-case owner consent?

    Yes

  8. 8. Will you vote against the funding or utilization of predictive policing software that uses algorithmic data modeling to preemptively target specific neighborhoods?

    Yes

  9. 9. Do you support a mandatory local ordinance requiring police departments to obtain explicit city council approval and hold public hearings before deploying any new surveillance technology?

    Yes

PART 2: DETAILED POLICY STANCE

10. The Balance of Power: Where do you draw the line between a government's duty to protect public safety and its constitutional obligation to respect the privacy of its citizens? Please explain your overarching political stance on mass surveillance, and justify why you believe your approach aligns with the core principles of a free society.

The government has a responsibility to protect public safety, but that does not give it unlimited authority to monitor our lives. I believe surveillance should be targeted, legally justified, and subject to real oversight. The Fourth Amendment exists to protect us from government overreach, and those protections matter just as much today as they ever have. Our constitutional rights do not disappear because the government claims surveillance is necessary for security. We should be able to investigate credible threats and hold criminals accountable without treating every American like a suspect. A free society means people can speak, protest, and live their lives without worrying that the government is watching their every move. We can protect public safety without sacrificing our constitutional rights. Government works for the people, and its power must always come with accountability.

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Eric Yonce

signed october 14, 2026, 12:09 pm edt

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