This right should be satisfied after time served for the crime has been satisfied. It denies many citiizens who were entangled in the law at an early age and victimizes them repeatedly with very little hope for being renstated to society with the privilege of participating in this honored civic process which can empower people to evolve into productive citizens.My son and numerous other young people have experienced this has experienced this and would like to see their rights restored!

On January 1st, 2013, a proof of citizenship requirement for all citizens registering to vote for the first time in Kansas went into effect. This marks the full implementation of new voter restrictions outlined by the Kansas SAFE Act. Photo identification requirements at polls outlined by the SAFE Act went into effect in 2012, resulting in 532 votes blocked in the last general election. With the number of votes blocked by partial implementation of the SAFE Act far exceeding the number of alleged cases of voter fraud in Kansas, not to mention the almost non-existent instances of those prosecuted, KanVote is calling on lawmakers to repeal the proof of citizenship restriction this legislative session. New voters in Kansas are now required to produce expensive and difficult to procure proof of citizenship documents before being allowed to register to vote. For those born in other states, a replacement birth certificate can exceed $40. A U.S. passport costs $135. For naturalized Americans, replacement citizenship documents cost at least $220. New Kansas voters now have to jump through bureaucratic hoops, provide supporting documents, fill out forms, and wait as long as a year for their requests to be processed. If the cost and effort to obtain these documents doesn’t disenfranchise a voter, the time waiting can and, for some, will. Additionally, the new voter registration restriction is a blatant obstruction of traditional grassroots voter registration efforts. No longer are volunteers, citizen’s organizations, or even political parties able to table outside of community events and grocery stores, or walk door to door registering voters. Unlike the 532 voters whose provisional ballots provided evidence of their disenfranchisement, Kansas will not know how many of its citizens will be prevented from voting under voter registration restrictions. Like all of those who simply did not attempt to vote due to lack of photo identification, those who cannot register will simply go uncounted. Not only will the voter registration restriction present challenges to voters, it may also present the state with legal challenges. After several legal disputes, a federal appeals court has blocked Arizona's proof of citizenship requirement. The court ruled that the state requirement is "seriously out of tune" with the requirements presented on the federal voter registration form established by National Voter Registration Act of ‘93. Kansas' implementation of the proof of citizenship requirement will create similar conditions for such a challenge to be leveraged against our state.

I would like Homeland Security to assure that internal terrorists are reported anonymously, investigated, institutionalized or incarcerated as applicable for their sociopathy or psychopathology, or evil natures. The mentally ill or developmentally disabled who have not received the benefit of treatment interventions and families who make their cases known are more likely to suffer pscyhotic breaks. It is my opinion and that of my friends and colleagues that there needs to be mandatory and obligatory, anonyomous reporting and processes required to assure the safety of our citizens, especially our innocent children. Newtown was the most recent example of internal terrorism (massacre by guns) but others have occurred without anyone forewarning authorities of the mental illness or evil nature of the suspect/perpetrator. This type of closed society allows the rights of one to preempt the rights of all of our citizens by assuming the family will get treatment and the psychologist or psychotherapist or the school will report. Our current status of external terrorist suspect reporting is defined well and executed presumably well at the Homeland Security site on the internet or by telephone. Anonymous reporting is available. Homeland Security never responded to my report that there are suspects out there, and their psychotic breaks are imminent contingent upon their actions and our security. Safety is our right as citizens. Homeland Security needs to step up to a formalized reporting system, so we experience fewer massacres in schools, colleges, public malls, churches, synagogues and temples. We are the USA and not the Middle East, but that makes our internal massacres no less lethal; and no less a reason to report dangerousness or suspicious behaviors.

Yes I have been damaged by this type of credit reporting. When certain things are suppose to be removed in two years or seven years or even ten years and they are not removed, then you have to fight them to get bad reports removed and after all of that, you can apply for credit again thinking they have been removed and the credit bureau puts them back on the report, now you have another strike against you for even applying for the credit and being denied, then you are still penalized for paying items off and forclosures or repossessions that were not your fault, they are practically unfixable. Now it even effects your ability to get a job, because employers are now asking for credit checks. This is not a good system and it is helping to destroy this countrys economic balance and recovery. Something needs to be done and Equitable is the worst one of them all, because for some strange reason, they always report lower ratings than the other two, why are there three major credit reporting agences and why don't they all report the same credit rating. I now have 167 as my new credit rating since I lost my job almost 2 years ago and UC Benefits were scatterly coming in, if and when they could be reached by phone or you could go to a CareerLinks office and get directly through to them without the two hour wait.. Also when we have an enormous economic down turn our credit rating just runs off the track like a runaway locamotive, how is it the fault of the person when they loose their jobs and don't have an income. What are they suppose to do to stop this train wreck from happening. Any assistance with this horrific issue would be greatly appreciated.

There are too many mass shootings. There are too many children losing their lives. Politicians are openly asking the public to take a stand for gun control legislation.

In 2003, I filed for divorce. I wanted it to be amicable but little did I know there is an industry out there that makes millions of dollars from the misery of others. What happened next set off a chain of events that included fraud, back door dealings, and sometimes direct violations of law and constitutional rights by court officers. In the end I went over 7 1/2 years without seeing my son. I have met other men, women, grandparents who also lost relationships with their children. There are millions of noncustodial parents who have lost the relationships with their children due to corrupt and biased court officials and social agencies intent on keeping your case a part of the system to ensure future income for their industry. Research shows this is major factor in most of the social ills in society today (behavioral problems, drugs, teenage pregnancy, teenage suicide, dropouts, etc.).

Full-time working citizens are paying taxes to subsidize the employees of large retailers like Wal-Mart and Applebee's who cannot get full time hours and, therefore must seek food stamps and other government aid. Employers must be required to provide pro-rated benefits to all permanent part-time employees. It is time to end this scam perpetrated on the American public by these employers who exhibit no sense of moral responsibility.

The legal drinking age at 21 has increased pregaming by underage drinkers. When pregaming (drinking before going out so they don't have to show ID) the risk of : drunk driving increases, alcohol poisoning increases, risky behavior increases. When the legal age was 18 it was appropriate. At 18 kids went away to college, entered the service and went out on their own. College students (and anyone else for that matter) will drink no matter what, especially when they are away from home. By making it legal, these kids won't have to resort to drinking as much as they can before they go out to avoid using phoney ID's.

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In California and maybe in the rest of the country it has become common practice to do credit checks on applicants and then deny them a job soley on the result of their credit. My wife has applied for nearly 50 jobs since moving to California and october and it has become clear to us that on a number of occations when she was flat out told she was the best applicant, she was denied a job soley based on her credit report. Why is this wrong? because this disproportionately will affect certain groups of people. Just because you have bad credit does not mean you are an irresponsible person. Especially when you consider the recent economic down turn. Also just because you have good credit does not mean your responsible. Groups that will remain disproportionately affected include anyone who was not born with a a silver spoon in their mouth including minorities, immagrants (legal or illegal), single mothers, and so on. My wife and I are going to be okay because I have a good job. But this is simply unethical and we cannot stand for this. Please join me in saying no to this classist, racist, sexist practice.

to get same sex marraagie in fl lets vote again i dont want to marry in anthoer i waant to marry in my state

TSA infringement on American's right to probable cause for 'search and seizure'.