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Eleanor G. 'Ellie' Kinnaird (born November 14, 1931) is a North Carolina politician who served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 23rd Senate district from January 1997 until her resignation in 2013.〔(WRAL.com )〕 Her district included constituents in Orange and Chatham counties. ==Career== Kinnaird was mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina from 1987 to 1996; during that time, she also earned a law degree from North Carolina Central University (1992) and entered private practice. In 1996, she ran for and was elected to the North Carolina Senate. At one point, Kinnaird served as Chair of the Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, as Chair of the Mental Health and Youth Services committee and as Vice-Chair of the Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources committee.〔(NC General Assembly, Standing Committee Assignments 2007–2008 )〕 In addition to these leadership positions and her other standing committee assignments on Appropriations/Base Budget, Finance, Health Care and Judiciary I (Civil), she was also a member of the NC Energy Policy Council〔 (NC Energy Policy Council Membership )〕 and the Environmental Review Commission.〔( NC General Assembly, Environmental Review Commission 2007–2008 )〕 Senator Kinnaird is an advocate for electoral reform and lobby reform. For example, in 2005 she sponsored a bill to require that voting machine source code and election results in North Carolina can be audited;〔(NC General Assembly, S.223 Public Confidence in Elections )〕 the bill passed the Senate 48-0 and was signed into law in August 2005. Senator Kinnaird is also an advocate for environmental protection. She received a 100% rating〔 (Conservation Council of North Carolina, 2007 Legislative Scorecard )〕 from the Conservation Council of North Carolina.〔(Conservation Council of North Carolina )〕 A vocal opponent of the death penalty, in 2003 Senator Kinnaird sponsored a bill to initiate a moratorium on the death penalty in North Carolina; the bill passed the Senate 28-22, making the North Carolina Senate the first legislative body in the U.S. South to support a halt to executions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eleanor Kinnaird」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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