奥利维亚·海斯是自由党候选人，正在参加堪萨斯州塞奇威克县委员会席位的11月3日中期选举。在选举之前，她独家接受了Hm的采访，谈到了该县的问题以及政治中需要不同声音的必要性。海斯表示，她一直是自由党成员，但并非一直在帮助该党。如今，作为全国委员会的一员，她经历了一段学习过程，但已准备好在即将到来的选举中全力以赴。
Olivia Hayse the Libertarian candidate running for the Sedgwick County Commissioner's seat in Kansas in the November 3 midterms. Ahead of the elections, she spoke exclusively with Hm about the issues in the county and the need for different voices in politics. Hayse has been a Libertarian for a long time, she shared, but has not always helped the party out. Now, a part of the national committee she's had a learning curve, but is ready to give the upcoming elections her best.
海斯正与共和党候选人吉姆·豪威尔展开两人竞赛。当被问及她对抗这位资深政客的胜算时，自由党候选人表现出了信心。她表示自己在豪威尔的选区居住了很长时间，并曾在他的公民咨询委员会任职，这让她对政治对手的工作和治理方式有了了解。“我觉得我赢面很大，我得到了很多民主党[Democrat]的支持，显然还有自由党和独立人士的支持，”海斯说，并补充道，“甚至一些共和党人”最近也主动找她，告诉她他们“厌倦了只谈单一议题的候选人”。
Hayse is in a two-way race against Republican Jim Howell, and when asked about her chances against the seasoned politician, the Libertarian candidate exuded confidence. What happened to James Talarico? Texas Senate hopeful returns to campaign trail after lengthy absenceShe shared that she's lived in Howell's district for a very long time and served on his citizen advisory board, giving her an insight into how her political opponent works and governs. “I feel like I have a pretty good chance, I have a lot of Dem [Democrat] support, and obviously Libertarian and Independent support,” Hayse said, adding “even some Republicans” had recently approached and told her they were ‘tired of being single issue candidates’.
“他们希望关注地方经济，并给我一个机会，”海斯补充道，表示她相信自己能够“从各方面”获得支持。“我觉得这很不错，”海斯说道。海斯谈及县一级问题自由党候选人补充称，税收是基层问题，且一直在上涨。“其中一些是因为通胀，”海斯承认，并补充说，“一些是因为‘州政府正在做一些没有帮助的事情’”。她指出，虽然有些方面有改进空间，但县官员们的工作表现尚可。海斯指出，她所说的“低垂果实”比如县委员会的薪资，她表示这些薪资“不需要那么高”。
“They want to focus on local economy and giving me a chance,” Hayse added, expressing belief that she could pull support ‘from all sides’. “I feel pretty good about it,” Hayse remarked. Hayse on issues at the county level The Libertarian candidate added that taxes was an issue at the ground level and they were constantly rising. “Some of that is because of inflation,” Hayse admitted, adding that some was because the ‘state is actively doing things that are not helping’. She added that there were some areas of improvement while noting that the county officers were doing a decent job. Hayse pointed to what she called ‘low hanging fruit’ like the salaries in the county commission, which she said didn't need to ‘be that high’.
作为参考，海斯指出，堪萨斯县委员的年收入超过10万美元。她还指出，向威奇托州立大学支付的1200万至1300万美元款项，原本应是城市的“负担”，但“县政府接管了它”。海斯指出，如果她赢得县委席位，她将审视诸如此类既不帮助公民，也不直接与救济相关的事情。这位自由意志主义者还强烈支持移民，她的家人曾来自墨西哥。
For reference, Hayse noted that the Kansas county commissioners make over $100,000 a year. She also flagged a $12-13 million payment made to Wichita State University, which was supposed to be a ‘burden’ of the city, but the ‘county took it over’. “Things like that which are not helping citizens and are not directly linked to relief,” are what she would look at if she won the county seat, Hayse noted. The Libertarian also spoke out strongly in favor of immigrants, with her family having come from Mexico.
她抨击了该州的ICE行动，表示由于联邦机构在堪萨斯的行动，人们中存在“合理的恐惧”。此前，最大的问题是让公民能够获得文化项目，但情况如今已有所改变。“由于ICE的存在，人们不想去杂货店，也不想去他们喜欢的餐厅，”海斯说。这位自由意志主义候选人解释了她亲眼目睹的情况：她参与的活动出席率低。虽然海斯指出农村地区的人们正在站起来反对ICE的行动，但自由意志主义者表示，要实现真正的改变，还需要“领导层也站出来”Oli。
Slamming the ICE actions in the state, Hayse said that there was a ‘legitimate fear’ among people due to the federal agency's actions in Kansas. While earlier, the biggest issues were having programs culturally available for citizens, the situation has now changed. “People are not wanting to go to the grocery store, to their favorite restaurants, because of the ICE presence,” Hayse said. The Libertarian candidate explained how she's seen low attendance at events that she's been a part of as well. While Hayse noted that people in rural areas are standing up against ICE actions, the Libertarian expressed belief that it would need ‘leadership standing up as well’ for any real change to come throughOli.
奥利维亚·海斯：“堪萨斯非常自由意志主义”她补充说，人们可能关注的一些问题包括开支，以及政党之间一直在进行的政治拉锯。“他们厌倦了这个团队和那个团队，也厌倦了最极端的选择，”海斯说，并补充道：“尤其是在堪萨斯，人们渴望能够合作与沟通的领导者。”“堪萨斯非常自由意志主义，”海斯宣称。她解释说，这是因为该州有人想要“抚养家庭，在职业上做得好，他们不想伤害他人，同时也希望被独自留下”。
Olivia Hayse: ‘Kansas is very Libertarian’ She added that some of the issues likely to be on people's minds is spending, and the political back and forth that has been going on between parties. “They're tired of this team and that team, and they're tired of the most extreme options,” Hayse said, adding “Especially in Kansas, there is a want of leaders that will collaborate and communicate.”“Kansas is very Libertarian,” Hayse declared. She explained that this was because the state had people who wanted to ‘raise their families, do a good job at their careers, they don’t want to hurt other people, and they also want to be left alone'.
“我们可以回到一个更具协作性的空间，”海斯再次断言。然而，这位自由意志主义候选人并没有抱错觉。
“We can go back to a much more collaborative space,” Hayse again asserted. The Libertarian candidate is however under no delusions.
作为生活在“圣经地带”的居民，海斯表示她原本预计共和党会在本州占据多数席位，但她只希望避免出现“超级多数”的情况，这样才能保证意见的多样性。她说道：“我此次竞选的县委员会共有五名成员，目前全都是共和党人。无论你是否支持该党或本身就是该党成员，这样的局面都称不上是真正的代议制政府。”海斯还指出，如果能在四五位共和党人中间加入一名自由意志党成员，就能起到一定的制衡作用，这也是她当选后打算做的事情。
She explained as someone living in the Bible belt she expected the Republicans to have a majority in her state, but all she wanted to prevent was a ‘supermajority’ so there would be some ‘diversity in opinion’. “The county commission I am running for, all five are Republican, and whether you like that party or that is your party, that's not a representative government,” Hayse said. She shared that one Libertarian among four-five Republicans would be there for some checks and balances, which is what she intended to do, if elected.g off, Hayse said that in the final stretch ahead of the elections, she was still seeing a lot of undecided voters.
在谈到选举临近阶段的情况时，海斯称自己仍看到大量选民尚未决定投票意向。她呼吁大家“没什么可损失的”。海斯说道：“我们冒险一试也没什么损失，说不定能把那些职业政客赶下台……显然他们没能为我们带来好结果。”她还提到，对许多人而言投票给自由意志党或许显得“有风险”，并回应了外界对她缺乏从政经验的质疑。
She conveyed the message that there was ‘nothing to lose’. “We have nothing to lose by taking a chance and getting some of these career politicians...they've obviously failed us,” Hayse said. She added it might feel ‘risky’ to people to vote Libertarian and responded to criticisms of her alleged lack of political experience.
海斯强调，自己长期以来一直积极参与政治活动，只是未曾担任过公职，但她认为这些经验同样能派上用场。“冒险一试也没关系，”海斯说道，“现在正是我们努力改善生活状况的好时机。”她补充道：“只要能把任何一名共和党人赶下台，对本州而言都是好事，起码这样我们才能重新实现合作、实现真正的民意代表制度……哪怕只是让全州范围内的政治势力分布更均衡一些，也是件好事。”
Hayse noted she's been a political organized for some time, just not been in elected office, but felt the skills were transferable. “It's okay to take a chance,” Hayse said “and now is a good time to see if we can improve our lives a little bit.”She added “Any Republican we can unseat will be better for the state, if for no other reason than we go back to collaborating, we go back to true representation…At least if we can have a more even split of representation across the entire state, that'd be good."