Israelis given over 3 billion dollars a year plus bombs, bombers and and other weapons that are used to harass and kill the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. The apartheid attitude of Israel is straining the peace process the Palestine wants. They deserve equality and have been denied it. A democracy does not work that way.

The details of this law will be debated and made law by Congress. The goal will be to use public media such as print, TV, radio and internet to provide equal time to public candidates for campaign purposes. Travel exposure will also be equal. There will be three national debates. Voting machines will be certified tamper proof. And citicens will be guaranteed a vote through easy access and assistance.

Adding new times for early voter registration will ultimately take away the ability for registered voters to cast their ballet. All registered voters should have the right to vote. Never should there be an obstacle that prevents individuals the right to vote. Please sign the petition if you feel everyone should have an opportunity to vote.

The NSA has a long history of lying to Congress and the American people about domestic eavesdropping. Why are we allowing this and why don't we stop this now?

Ohio has actively created increased access to voting in areas that tend to lean republican and decreasing access to voting in areas that tend to lean democratic. Now that there is a national spotlight on this activity, they are speaking of equality, but they have already established an unequal system. Please demand equal access.

I have worked as a family law legal assistant in California for nearly 20 years and I now believe marriage fails because it is based on religious ideals that do not fit everyone. Our U.S. Constitution's First Amendment says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...." If we replace the word "marriage" with "civil union" in our laws granting rights to married persons and let marriage be something churches do, we will separate church and state, and we will all have the same civil rights and religious freedom that the Constitution guarantees.

Every American has a vested interest in who leads our country forward. We need to make sure that every person who wants to vote is able to do so. Only then will we have a chance at a true democracy. Contact: @NativeSonKY on twitter.

Early Voting in Ohio

The Ohio Secretary of State has been personally acting to restrict early voting in counties with large Democratic populations. Now he said he is considering limiting early voting hour across the state in the run-up to the November election and will "be listening to local boards of elections' concern on the issue." It is important for democracy that ALL Ohioans have full, equal, and unrestricted ability to vote.

State Representative Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) told the Republican State Committee on June 23, 2012, that Pennsylvania's new Voter ID Law would "allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania." He as much as admitted it will turn away eligible voters—mostly the poor, elderly and women—who traditionally vote Democratic. However, one thing it will not do—what supporters originally proposed at the law's inception—is prevent voter fraud. State attorneys defending the new Voter ID Law at a hearing presented no evidence that in-person electoral fraud is likely to occur this November without the law, according to a court document. The state and the parties challenging both agree in the court document that neither side knows of cases of in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania. However, the new law could prevent up to 758,000 registered Pennsylvanians from voting! Our problem in this country is low voter turn out, not people voting multiple times! This is a violation of our civil rights and must be stopped.

For months, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has personally acted to restrict early voting in counties with large populations—casting tie-breaking votes to limit voting to weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in urban areas like Franklin County,1 where in previous elections 82% of early voters did so on nights or weekends.2 Now, Secretary of State Husted said he is considering limiting early voting hours across the state in the run-up to the November election, and will "be listening to local boards of elections' concerns on this issue."3 We need to let the Licking County Board of Elections know that Ohioans support giving all registered voters equal opportunity to exercise their right to vote.

Boards of Elections across Ohio know that Ohioans support giving all registered voters equal opportunity to exercise their right to vote. Stark County Board of Elections needs to publicly support uniform, expanded early voting hours across Ohio.