On Tuesday America watched as long lines of people waited a very long time to vote. Some people were not able to vote because they could not take the time off from work to do so. Making Election Day a federal holiday would alleviate some of the issues we faced on Election Day.

Florida has a history of conducting haphazard elections. Therefore it is incumbent upon the citizens of that state to change the system to one that insures the integrity of the vote while making the ability to vote more widely and easily accessable and amkes the results of that vote more readily accessible.

For the past 4 presidential elections, access to vote has been hindered, delayed, blocked and suppressed. Based on the reality that white suburban voters face little to no lines to vote and urban, ethnic voters face hours in line on election day, we need a federal law which forces all states to provide the same, consistent access to a ballot for all potential voters.

In Kentucky, due to the Adopt-a-Highway program, the state posts signs for free for any group, their is no discrimination, if they agree to clean up a 2 mile stretch of Highway at least twice a year. In the county where I live the National Socialist Movement--a "whites only" group, got a sign posted by the state for free by volunteering to clean the highway. I cannot in good conscience believe that this is the best way to keep our highways clean.

We are constantly monitored, recorded, and under surveillance by both the Government and private companies/corporations who sell our identities and personal information. The Government monitors us under the guise of security, but we should not let our right to privacy be trampled. Like the saying goes, give a mouse a cookie and he wants a glass of milk. Protect your rights and hold them dearly for they are all that separates us from the rest of the world. We are the United States of America, land of the free!

Recent legislations are working to curtail the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.

In 2012, in the age of iPads, Facebook, and Coursera, it is absurd that we have such archaic voting procedures. We can watch the elections results on 3D holograms and touch screen jumbo monitors, yet we have citizens waiting in line for hours in inclement weather with various issues all across the country. While I simply walked up to hand in my vote by mail ballot with no problems, I saw in real time through news and social media the very real problems people were facing. The problems are real with many possible solutions- online voting, early voting, voting day as a national holiday, etc. Let's hold President Obama and Congress accountable. As the President said in his acceptance speech on November 6th, 2012, "by the way, we have to fix that." This should not be an after thought. We can not wait four more years to work on this. Reform voting procedures now.

I am a organizer and I have seen the immigration issue not being address by President Obama. In this past election 75% of Latinos voted for him and 73% of Asians also supported him. It is time to pay attention to this issue and fix it.

Our government needs to put the seal of approval and authority on the ERA so that equal pay for equal work is the law, and to stand behind women in their quest for equal treatment under the law.

I'm tired of my vote not counting because I'm a minority in my State. http://www.fairvote.org/national-popular-vote

"The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reports that from June 2004 through mid-September 2012, available data indicate that drone strikes killed 2,562 - 3,325 people in Pakistan, of whom 474 - 881 were civilians, including 176 children. TBIJ reports that these strikes also injured an additional 1,228 - 1,362 individuals." - From a Stanford/NYU study Killing and injuring civillians by drone strike is surrending any moral high ground in the struggle against terrorism. It incites terror and provokes innocents to hatred. This cannot be the will of the US Citizenry.

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