I am an Independent from Pennsylvania who supports a progressive political agenda that answers to the needs of the people and not to the interests of big money and its influence on the 2 major parties in this country. In Pennsylvania, and other states, many people are forced to register as democrat or republican even though they do not necessarily identify with or agree with the actions of the party. Tell lawmakers that you want the right to vote in the primary of your choice regardless of your party affiliation.

North Carolina state anti-discrimination laws should cover everyone, not just hand-picked groups that align with the the beliefs and values of the sitting governor and the state legislative majority. NC HB2 now bars local municipalities from creating their own rules prohibiting discrimination in public places based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Though North Carolina does have a statewide nondiscrimination law, it does not include specific protections for LGBTQ people. This bigoted law needs to be overturned for the benefit of all the citizens of North Carolina.

I am outraged by the growing voter fraud and manipulations of our electoral process, which has turned into an international disgrace comparable to Third World nations needing UN observers. Correcting the egregious disenfranchisements of hundreds of thousands of voters in the New York Primary can only be achieved by conducting a new one, ordered by a Federal Court.

Rampant and suspiciously consistent irregularities form data hacking, and physical obstruction through criminal neglect to fraudulently interfere with the voting process of the United States in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 2006. To whit: "Suspended the use of literacy tests and voter DISQUALIFICATION DEVICES for five years. Authorized the use of federal examiners to supervise voter registration in states that used tests or in which less than half the voting-eligible residents registered or voted. Directed the U.S. Attorney General to institute proceedings against use of poll taxes. Provided criminal penalties for individuals who violated the act. Passed by the 89th Congress (1965–1967) as S. 1564." We hold that data manipulation, and many tactics are indeed "disqualification devices" in short and simple. Further, Pursuant to 18 USCS § 241, two or more persons are prohibited from conspiring to injure, OPPRESS, threaten, or intimidate any person in any state, territory, commonwealth, possession, or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him or her by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his or her having so exercised the same. The Oxford Dictionary of "oppress" is accepted as canon: "Keep (someone) in SUBJECTION and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority: a system which oppressed working people". From the same canonical source: "subjection is defined as "The action of subjecting a country or person to one’s control, or the fact of being subjected".

Voter suppression is at an all time high in this years presidential primary elections. Nothing seems to be done about it after the fact so taking what little action we can beforehand seems the only route.

There is a dangerous, growing epidemic of voter suppression in this country, and yet the major news networks refuse to give this serious problem that airtime it deserves. From Arizona to New York, the past few weeks alone have seen news stories of thousands of people being unable to cast their votes in the presidential primaries. In 2016, 17 states will have new voting restrictions in place for the first time in a presidential election. The new laws range from strict photo ID requirements to early voting cutbacks to registration restrictions. Overall, 22 states have new restrictions in effect since the 2010 midterm election. It's time the major networks look beyond covering the theatrics of the campaign trail and focus on the very real disenfranchisement of millions of voters around the country. That why we're demanding that all the networks assign reporters to cover the voter suppression beat and share these critical stories with the public in order to raise awareness of what's happening with our democracy.

Our voting rights are being stolen from us, this is not democracy. You are our President, we expect and deserve your input.

There is an ongoing war on voter rights in our country, and we are losing. In 2016, 17 states will have new voting restrictions in place for the first time in a presidential election. The new laws range from strict photo ID requirements to early voting cutbacks to registration restrictions. Overall, 22 states have new restrictions in effect since the 2010 midterm election. You can see the result in long lines, and people turned away from the polls. Rather than fighting a battle in the states after the fact, Obama can take action on the federal level to make it easier, not harder to vote. He can sign executive orders to make federal agencies do more for voters, and make the Department of Justice take an active role in stopping the voter suppression. But Obama needs to hear from us on how important voting rights are, and that we demand action now. References: https://www.brennancenter.org/voting-restrictions-first-time-2016 http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/campaign/206390-how-to-advance-voting-rights-through-executive-action

Independents are silenced throughout the primary season. This is UnAmerican.

As a citizen of the United States, my own livelihood is directly affected by the outcome of the Presidential election, and by extension, the primary election. The same goes for all citizens involved in this process. Accordingly, more attention and resources should be directed toward guaranteeing a fair, and accurate election for the citizens of the United States.

Too many irregularities and instances of electoral fraud as hundreds of thousands of Bernie supporters are disenfranchised of the Constitutional right to vote when they are purged or have had their party affiliation switched so they could not vote in closed Primaries. The Justice Department needs to investigate the DNC and see if the accessed Bernie Sanders voter database (which is within the DNC database) when the system was having problems and the DNC sent a tech to work at Bernie's H.Q.

From Huffington Post: Memo to Curt Schilling: You can delete it from your Facebook page, but that doesn’t mean it’s erased from the Internet. Schilling, the ESPN baseball analyst and former major league pitcher, posted a surprisingly offensive meme on his Facebook page Monday, mocking the transgender community in general, and the lack of access to public bathroom facilities in particular. We won’t be embedding the meme here, but SB Nation’s Outsports took a screenshot before Schilling took it down. http://www.outsports.com/2016/4/19/11461618/curt-schilling-espn-transgender Not content to merely share the meme, Schilling weighed in with a comment: “A man is a man no matter what they call themselves. I don’t care what they are, who they sleep with, men’s room was designed for the penis, women’s not so much. Now you need laws telling us differently? Pathetic.” Schilling responded to the controversy stirred by the meme in a rambling blog post Tuesday. “I didn’t post that ugly looking picture,” he wrote. “I made a comment about the basic functionality of mens and womens restrooms, period. “And for you people too dense to understand this one very important thing. My opinion, 100% mine, and only mine. I don’t represent anyone but myself here, on facebook, on twitter, anywhere.” It’s a surprising bout of bigotry for Schilling, who was suspended by ESPN in August for posting intolerant comments comparing Muslims to Nazis. After that incident, Schilling claimed he’d changed and acknowledged on Twitter, “this was a bad decision in every way on my part.”