The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last Year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of it. Right now, Congress can restore those protections by passing this important bill. Please support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.

To protect the rights of all American citizens to have the freedom to vote without curbing those rights to particular groups of people who might vote a certain way. No one knows what is in the heart of any voter no matter skin color, gender, creed, or sexual orientation. What is in each individual's heart no one can possibly read. Voter fraud is miniscule at best. Taking away early voting, Sunday voting, same day registration, shortened voting days, mandatory voter ID's affects millions of American citizens. That is a cheap ruse from one particular party who knows they stand against the majority and are reckless and too insecure to stand by their principles and win of their own accord. It undermines the very essence of what Democracy truly stands for. One person - one vote!

I am a farmer, who aims to grow the cash crop that my ancestors were encouraged to grow to support themselves, the community, and the nation as a whole. Hemp was such a valuable asset that the government accepted it as legal tender from 1631 to the early 19th century. Hemp can replace synthetic materials used in numerous industries. Hemp can be used to produce plastics that are biodegradable, it can be used for energy production, food, building materials, and so much more. The time to act is now.

“The believe the Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision significantly weakened critical provisions of it. Congress can and should restore those protections immediately by passing this important bill. I believe Rep. Rooney place his support behind this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.”

Every citizen in the United States should have the right and freedom to vote their choice of representation to govern this country.

We are people who have spoken out and protested against war or sanctions on Iran. We are people who have opposed the Obama Administration’s plan to bomb Syria. We know the sorry results of U.S. and European interventions in the Middle East. We also have spoken out against mistreatment of Palestinians by Israeli forces and the denial of basic Palestinian human and national rights for many decades. We write to you about the situation of Palestinians in Yarmouk. The camp and its tens of thousands of residents have been under total siege for around six months. The Washington Post reported in mid-January that 48 Palestinians have died from hunger and related causes. We have seen pictures from Yarmouk of people reduced to near skeletons from malnutrition. We are not offering a solution to Syria’s problems; however we are united in saying that a siege of tens of thousands of civilians is cruel and improper. It violates international law and religious teachings. Attacks on civilians by any side in the conflict must be condemned. We ask that your representatives contact the Assad government and insist that it end its siege of Yarmouk and all predominantly civilian areas. Initial Signers: Mongi Dhaouadi, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations - CT, Noam Chomsky, Mazin Qumsiyeh, Ali Antar, president of the Berlin, CT mosque, Nada Khader of Wespac, Augusta Girard, Program Director, Promoting Enduring Peace, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, PhD. Professor of American Studies and Anthropology, Wesleyan University , As‘ad AbuKhalil, Department of Politics, California State University, Stanislaus, Felice Gelman Wespac Middle East Committee, John Mahoney, Executive Director, Americans for Middle East Understanding, Stanley Heller, Executive Director, Middle East Crisis Committee and the group Promoting Enduring Peace. (colleges and group names listed with individuals are for identification purposes only)

We need three states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment so that it can be added to the Constitution, as our 28th Amendment. The time has come for equality among women and men to be recognized and supported by our United States Constitution.

I am concerned Citizen and The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of it. Right now, Congress can restore those protections by passing this important bill. Rep. Smith should support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.

I am starting this petition because a lot of states have passed laws that discriminate against the voting right of minorities and people of color. I am a non-white person.

We can not continue to sit back and do nothing while the GOP bullies, cheats, steals, lies, and buys election outcomes while continually dismantling OUR Democratic Election Process...

Voting rights are what we have left. Corporate greed and biased media are attempting to steamroll the common sense out of America.

The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of it. Right now, Congress can restore those protections of it. Right now, Congress can restore those protections by passing this important bill. Rep. Bishop should support this effort by cosponsoring and fighting for a strong bill.