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One question for every candidate, federal and state

Yes or No on Trexit?

Either answer tells voters something. So does silence. The record behind the question is sourced, public and open to challenge, so a No is a No to specific, cited conduct.

Yes

I hold that enabling or condoning false claims, corruption, and abuse of power, as documented on Trexit.org, disqualifies a person from office.

No

I deny that enabling or condoning false claims, corruption, and abuse of power, as documented on Trexit.org, disqualifies a person from office.

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What each answer says

The question is about conduct: does enabling or condoning false claims, corruption, and abuse of power disqualify a person from office? Trexit.org is where that conduct is documented, in hundreds of entries, each one sourced, tier-classified, and open to correction under a published methodology.

A Yes holds that it does. A No denies it. A candidate who disputes the record can check it entry by entry and challenge any entry under the methodology; disputing an entry is not an answer to the question. There is no third answer, and a candidate who declines to give one has told voters something as well.

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What Trexit does with the answers

Trexit endorses no candidate and takes no position on policy. It asks every candidate the same question, publishes the answers with their sources, and leaves the judgment to voters. What Trexit supplies is the record that judgment rests on, and the standard voters apply when no answer comes.

The record behind the question

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