Iowa bill would survey university employees about political affiliation

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Vanessa Miller

An Iowa state lawmaker has proposed a bill requiring the Board of Regents to survey all university employees to determine each person’s political affiliation.

The bill would require regents to survey University of Iowa, Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa employees about their political affiliation and report back to the Legislature by Dec. 30.

The survey results would not disclose names of individual employees.

Senate File 292 was introduced this week by State Sen. Jim Carlin, a Republican from Sioux City.



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Same story says they want to eliminate tenure!

[wcmagumba]

1. Uhh...noooo....I wouldn't give that information...job or no job I guess...none of their business...

[no_hypocrisy]

2. It's a Big Tell that this bill omits a necessary "Legislative Purpose".

For the sake of due process, a bill has to state the reason why its enactment is necessary. Otherwise, there would be nothing but arbitrary laws passed just because they sound good at the time.

[Clash City Rocker]

3. It "would not disclose names of individual employees"...riiiight

[Lonestarblue]

4. If this passes, every person should just answer "No party affiliation."

It’s none of their business how people vote.

[The Mouth]

19. Or hack it

have EVER professor say they are Republican. Would totally screw up there whole 'librul professer' schtick and how would they be able to prove otherwise?

Make a complete fucking mockery of it and make the cons look as stupid as they are.

It is never a sin to lie to someone about something that's none of their business.

[aggiesal]

5. Democratic Party, public information ...

anything else, is none of their business, so I'd just say, none.

Watch, they'll say that DU is a political affiliation.

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. I knew this was a Republican balloon, before I read the details.

The war is moving to statewide offices....this is the minor league level where Republicans show the GOP their bona fides.

[aggiesal]

7. Papeles, por favor! n/t

[lynintenn]

8. I am glad Drake University was not on that list

It tends to be more liberal.

[slumcamper]

10. Drake is a PRIVATE institution.

And public or private, none should be on any "list."

Just sayin''.

[lynintenn]

11. My grandson is a Drake graduate.

[Mawspam2]

9. Answer: I belong to the FU party.

Admins can't ask under oath, so f'em.

[econron]

18. I Was Thinking....

Yes, I belong to the GoFY Party....let me be clear, Go F&ck Yourself Party

[Ford_Prefect]

12. Violates 1st and 4th amendments US Constitution. State has no authority to collect this information

The Vigilante party strikes again. They tried this in NC and got shot down several times in state and federal court.

What they should pass is a requirement that everyone in public office wears a vest that shows the trademarks of the companies and organizations paying them to be there, just like a racing driver's overalls show his sponsorship.

[Mr.Bill]

13. I don't know about Iowa,

But in my state, California, and many other states your party affiliation is a matter of public record.

[niyad]

14. But they have to spend a minute looking for it. Lazy bastards.

[Merlot]

27. It's about intimidation, not actual affiliation.

[Mr.Bill]

29. Sure, but the point is,

it's not legally an invasion of privacy.

[Dawson Leery]

15. "Nazi Republican State Sen. Jim Carlin"

...as the Nazi regime demanded such data from the people.

[Politicub]

16. Can we please put Iowa last in the primaries?

Welcome to the star chamber.

“Are you, or have you ever been, a communist?”

[musette_sf]

17. "Are you now or have you ever been..."

[Jimbo S]

28. This

Last night saw the old episode of "Archie Bunker's Place" from 1983 where Mr. Van R (blind man) recounted being brought before a board and terminated. I very much remember watching it back then and the first time I've seen it in 38 years.

[Miguelito Loveless]

20. The answer to that "survey"

In “None of your damn business!”

[SpankMe]

21. They should all lie and give answers indicating they're Trumpers. n/t

[AllyCat]

22. Isn't that illegal??.

[Joe Nation]

23. As a current university employee, I can tell you that this is illegal.

It amounts to a political test as a condition of employment. That will never be legal.

[Vivienne235729]

24. I am pretty sure this is illegal. You can't ask someone about their politics, religion, or sexual

Orientation on hiring. There is a law protecting people from xenophobia and persecution. I believe we passed it in the 70’s. I can’t remember the name of it right now as it is late and I am tired.

[nam78_two]

25. I post anonymously here

Because I don't bring politics into the workplace. I choose workplaces where I don't have to. Really when we talk about conservative values and liberal values these days, often it is simply about whether people are 0, 1, 5, 10, 20 or 50 years behind the times in any real sense.
They have no business asking these questions anymore than anyone has any business stalking random lame people on the net. Hard to trust anyone these days.

Irl I have not contacted anyone I don't trust in a long time ..shrug. I have been fortunate in having exceptionally decent mentors, colleagues and coworkers prior to the last decade. The last decade of social engineering has really changed the landscape. Democracy is under attack. It is just that so many of the attacks are so stealthy they slip under the radar. I am not innately paranoid but at some point it is just vacuous to not see reality as it is.
I still often ignore it wrt trivialities because paranoia is unhealthy. It makes people give up on the possibility of true democracy.

Edit: I do worry that someone could maliciously smear me as an ecofascist. But that would mean that they did not read my posts and were actuated by malice alone. I have no fascistic leanings. It is probably a good thing I was never a parent...I would be lousy at disciplining anyone, since I usually think people should given a healthy environment and then left alone in the hope that they turn out decent and rational.

[whistler162]

26. Looking in to the future the results are

70% are affiliated with the new scrwu party