Senator Jim DeMint of my home state of SC seems to think that hard working teachers in Chicago are acting like "thugs in the Middle East" when they stand up for their rights. As one of his constituents, I demand he apologize to the people who dedicate themselves to educating the next generation of Americans.

The first round of voter purging wrongly informed hundreds of legal voters in Florida that they were ineligible to vote. Governor Rick Scott seems to be planning a second round. Can you sign our petition that lets Governor Scott and Secretary of State Ken Detzner know that Floridans are against any measures that would prevent eligible voters from voting?

Make you voice heard! Disenfranchising voters on the pretense of stopping voter fraud is just another way of "fixing" the election. They can spend their $billions, BUT they must stop YOU from voting to get the Whitehouse and the Senate. Write to your representatives at the State level and let them know there will be serious consequences if they don't oppose this fraud.

The political director for Tommy Thompson's Senatorial campaign sent out an email to right-wing blogs designed to spark a blaze of hatred towards Democratic rival Tammy Baldwin. The centerpiece of the email was a video clip of Baldwin dancing at a gay pride event, clearly meant to incite homophobic hate.

I truly believe in the Legalization of Marijuana. I have been affected personally by being arrested in my younger days, and I have been denied employment because I refused to take a drug screen. I believe that drug-testing violates my Constitutional protection against unlawful search and seizure.

Democracy in the USA was made a sham by the Citizen's United, the Supreme Court's ruling that allows corporations to make unlimited donations to political campaigns. Corporations are not people! Our public offices should not go to the highest bidder!

My son who was a straight A student who had never been in trouble before was taken from the school in hand cuffs, expelled and jailed for a comment made in a note meant only to be seen by another student.

In critical swing states with Republican governors and election officials, laws are being made to require a voter ID in order to vote in the Presidential election. This is a blatant effort to prevent certain groups of voters from voting, for example house-bound elderly people to whom it would be difficult to get the ID in time, or poor inner-city voters.

I have noticed the increasing amount of republican lawmakers and who have felt the need to suppress the vote or outright try to make unsubstantiated claims to get President Obama off the ballet. I think this is unamerican and veiled racism. If Mitt is so presidential and worried about the people of this country then he needs to stand up to this fringe of his party.

If there is no paper trail how can the vote be verified?

We need to make sure votes are counted fairly with a paper trail. We cannot trust the voting machines.

Rhode Island residents are urging the state Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Senator Michael McCaffrey to allow a pivotal gay marriage law to move out of his committee and onto a general vote. Rhode Island has been primed for a vote on gay marriage, yet McCaffrey has stalled the process. As a lesbian living in Rhode Island, I am ashamed of RI's current laws on gay marriage and rights especially in light of the rights provided to our closest neighboring states. RI gay and lesbian couples are currently second class citizens and we deserve the same rights and responsibilities as everyone else. Moving this vote forward will be a step in the right direction to correct the current inequality in Rhode Island.