Every person's right to vote must be protected. Too many have sacrificed their lives protecting this freedom. It's a matter of honor, whether you agree with the person who suffers disenfranchisement or not. Protect the vote. Protect the majority.

This is an issue of fairness and important to preserving our democracy.

50 years after the federal Equal Pay Act was signed into law, fair pay remains an unfulfilled promise for New Hampshire working women. Economists say that at the current rate of progress, the gender wage gap in the United States won’t close until 2057. Granite State working families can’t wait that long. Women deserve equal pay for equal work, and closing the wage gap will strengthen New Hampshire’s middle-class by increasing the annual earnings of two-earner and single-parent households by thousands of dollars. Granite State lawmakers could infuse millions of dollars a year into the local economy – simply by ensuring that women get fair pay. Women don’t chose to be paid less. But common employer policies and workplaces pressures prevent or discourage women from learning how their paychecks measure up. For 60% of private sector workers in the U.S., disclosing information about wages and paid benefits to co-workers is explicitly prohibited by employer “pay secrecy” policies or actively discouraged by management culture. Two new bills introduced in the New Hampshire legislature – House Bill 1188 and Senate Bill 207 (2014) - take a critical step toward closing the pay gap in the Granite State. These bills would help employers by clearly defining the conditions in which male and female workers with the same job responsibilities may legitimately be paid different wages. HB 1188 and SB 207 would also help women find out how their own pay measure up by prohibiting employers from firing or retaliating against employees who disclose wage and salary information to their co-workers. Help jump-start our progress toward paycheck equity in New Hampshire by adding your name to our petition asking state legislators to support HB 1188 and SB 207. We’ll be hand-delivering the signed petition to members of the New Hampshire Senate and House of Representatives before key votes. To find out more about the wage gap and what you can do to support fair pay in New Hampshire, please visit and follow the New Hampshire Families for Fair Pay campaign page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fairpaynh Thank you for supporting New Hampshire working families, The New Hampshire Families for Fair Pay Team [email protected] On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fairpaynh ______________________________________ MORE FACTS ABOUT THE WAGE GAP IN NH: -- Progress on closing the gender wage gap in the United State has been stalled since 2004. Nationally, women’s pay is still falling short by an average of .20 cents on every $1 paid to male workers. -- As a group, New Hampshire women who worked full-time, year round earned just .79 cents for every $1 earned by full-time male workers in 2012. Based on the median earnings of all New Hampshire workers, women in the workforce earned .77 cents for every $1 paid to male workers. -- Economists estimate that over a lifetime, a woman will lose between $431,000 and $2 million dollars in unpaid earnings because of the wage gap. That missing money can’t be used to pay for higher education, buy a new home, save for a secure retirement or purchase goods and services from local businesses. -- Some people say the gender wage gap is a myth. They believe that women are paid less because men and women make different choices about work and family. But women don’t choose to be paid less than male co-workers with the same qualifications and job responsibilities. When economists studied factors known to contribute to pay inequality – such as education, occupation and employment patterns – they found that 41% of the wage gap can’t be explained by worker characteristics. -- With the exception of construction jobs, working women in New Hampshire earn less than men in every employment sector - even though NH women have equal or higher levels of educational attainment than NH men. -- In New Hampshire, the pay gap increases for women workers with the highest levels of educational attainment. The median wage for women workers with a 4-year or advanced college degree is $39,490 a year; the median wage for men with the same level of education is $64,134 – a 38% gap.

The great news is that Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley said the Pennsylvania Voter ID bill is unconstitutional. He ruled that the law is "invalid and unconstitutional on its face as the provision and issuance of compliant identification does not comport with liberal access and unreasonably burdens the right to vote. “Voting laws are designed to assure a free and fair election; the Voter ID Law does not further this goal.” Now the bad news. It is still possible for the law to be appealed. PA Attorney General Kathleen Kane defended the Voter ID law before Commonwealth Court. She may appeal the ruling to PA's Supreme Court. If she does appeal, the Voter ID law may be reinstated. Tell Attorney General Kane that we agree with Judge McGinley. Voter ID is “invalid and unconstitutional on its face.” Do not appeal Voter ID to the Supreme Court.

John Kiriakou has been denied a release to serve the last 9 months of his sentence in a halfway house. He still hopes to be released to a halfway house before the end of 2014. John stepped forward to provide information on an illegal CIA torture program knowing that he might put his freedom at risk by doing this. Faced with charges that could have resulted in a very long prison sentence he accepted a deal that resulted in a 30 month sentence. He has set a good example for all of us by risking his own freedom to reveal extremely serious violations of human rights. I believe that John very much deservers our support for his request to be released to a halfway house.

I believe that not supporting the gay, lesbian, trans-gender population in their struggle for equality would be wrong. Russia's governmental policy on this issue is WRONG !

To restore democracy and irradiate the Corporate Fascist Nazi party from our government. Restore a fair media.

My petition is about our court system not be educated enough to properly handle Child Custody cases, not taking the appropriate time to make determinations and therefore not doing what's in the best interest of our children.

they post false info, are very racist against certian nationaltys

I'm passionate about political representation and constantly seeking simple ideas that would improve democracy and people's lives. Citizens United is a travesty and corporate influence runs our legislative bodies through organizations such as ALEC. I think that overturning Citizens United and reforming campaign finance laws would improve political responsiveness to the people's needs. The recommended amendment would declare that (1) artificial entities such as corporations do not have constitutional rights, and (2) money is not free speech. Thanks for reading, please sign and share this petition. Also, consider writing your own message for your elected officials. Please visit my blog at www.chapelboro411.weebly.com

Bangladeshi Hindus are being murdered, raped and tortured without any protection from Bangladeshi government. Source: http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-bangladesh Luckily, our own government has enormous influence to diplomatically pursuade other governments to take corrective actions, to emphasize and elevate incidents of human rights violations to global human rights organizations - among many other peaceful diplomatic means. Please join me (a naturalized citizen of the USA who was born in Bangladesh, and who has worked as a civilian engineer in the US Navy to solicit the attention of our elected leaders in taking actions to address the blatant and on-going human rights violations in Bangladesh against the very peaceful and law-abiding Hindus.

Immediately after January 5th , 2014 election in Bangladesh, many Bangladeshi Hindus Minorities are under attack- women raped, houses set on fire, place of worship burned or vandalized and livelihood taken away. As reported in the news and social media, most of the cases Jamaat-e-Islami of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Nationalist Party instigated the violence. Sources: • http://www.hrcbm.org/ • https://www.facebook.com/HRCBangladesh • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Bangladesh_anti-Hindu_violence • http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/bangladesh-wave-violent-attacks-against-hindu-minority-2013-03-06 • http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/widespread-attacks-on-hindus-in-bangladesh-on-polling-day-469571 • http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/01/10/2-hindu-housewives-violated • http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/01/12/hindus-flee-after-rapes • http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/bangladesh-postpoll-violence-hits-minorities/article5550297.ece • http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/hindu-temple-in-bangladesh-vandalised/article5553487.ece?ref=relatedNews • http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/01/06/attacks-on-hindus-in-jessore-dinajpur • http://opinion.bdnews24.com/2014/01/08/denormalising-minority-violence/ • http://www.thedailystar.net/two-housewives-raped-for-voting-6323 • http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1140109/9bdesh1.html • http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/533302/20140108/bangladesh-minority-hindu-attacked-arrested-election.htm#.UtIgLPRDvQM • http://www.thedailystar.net/terror-on-hindus-5670