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Washington Redskins, please change your name!Please help me change the name of the Washington Redskins! Signing this petition doesn't mean you agree with the suggestions I give, it just means you agree the name needs to be changed. Please give your own suggestions if you do not agree with the ones listed in the petition.274 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Kevin Conner
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A POOR MAN'S TAXIn the inner City of Poughkeepsie,NY, where most of the lower income citizens live, there are much fewer properties where people can park their cars off the street. As a result, a large amount of revenue is being gained by the city on Alternate Side of the Street Parking Tickets On The Much Poorer North Side. Sleeping past 9AM costs $20, $50 when it is not paid quickly. I forgot the tickets. It just cost me my paycheck to get my car back. It was towed on Good Friday, the day before My Excellent Mother's 73rd Birthday. City Hall closed, I cried for hours, then decided it wouldn't happen to anyone else. To honor My Mother, I want to be the Last One. This is an outrage!1 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Sheila Genise Lassiter
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Cops Wear CamerasLaw enforcement officials should be required to wear audio and video recording devices while on duty. Those cameras should stream to the internet for the public to see.572 of 600 SignaturesCreated by Jordan Davis
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End the Indefinite Detention of US Citizens Without TrialOn December 31. 2011, President Obama signed the "National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2012" (i.e. NDAA). This law, in violation of our Bill of Rights, contains provisions that allow the indefinite detention of US citizens without trial. By signing this petition, you are telling our President and Congress and Courts that you want this law repealed.8 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Mahendra Prasad
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Justice 4 All Includes Women of Color: End The Consequences of Concurrent Racism Plus SexismUntil the unique experience of concurrent racism plus sexism is ended for women of color, women of color cannot move from the socio-economic bottom of society where 48% of housing foreclosures are women of color; women of color are dying at the highest level from every curable disease; only one woman of color has ever been in the US Senate; and 61% of Asian American, 74% of African American, and 75% of Latina American women over 65 cannot meet their basic needs for food, shelter, health care or employment. If there is no justice for women of color, society cannot be just. Freedom cannot be divided nor given to some while others are left out.20 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Suzanne Brooks
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Repeal the head injury surcharge from speeding tickets.Currently in MA there is a fifty dollar head injury surcharge applied to speeding tickets.14 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Jim Kresconko
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Stop Excessive Use of Force & Police MisconductAdopt the 26 March 2012 recommendations based on the ACLU's petition to the U.S. Department of Justice, requesting a "patterns & practices" investigation of Las Vegas Metro Police Department.7 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Theresa Price
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Equal Rights for the Mentally Disabled in our CourtroomsIt is shocking that in the year 2012 our court system across the nation discriminates against the mentally disabled. The Americans with disabilities Act of 1990 clearly states that all public and private entities have a DUTY to grant Reasonable Accommodations for the disabled. The physically disabled are accommodated as SOP while the mentally disabled are ignored. The only useful accommodation in the courts would be Mandatory Appointment of Counsel!12 of 100 SignaturesCreated by S. Lynn Harris
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Stop Environmental Racism Against Kettleman City!Kettleman City is a tiny Latino farmworker community in California's San Joaquin Valley that is polluted by a gigantic toxic waste dump, pesticides, diesel pollution and toxic-contaminated drinking water. Its residents suffer from horrifying rates of birth defects, miscarriages, cancer, asthma, and other illnesses. The health crisis in Kettlemant City is a reflection of environmental injustice -- low-income communities of color like Kettleman City have been targeted for years for the siting of dirty industries and toxic waste. The State Department of Toxic Substances in California and the US Environmental Protection Agency are getting ready to approve permits for the expansion of the Chemical Waste Management hazardous waste and PCB landfill, despite the violations, health crisis and racial discrimination in the permitting process - and we need your help to stop the permits and protect the people of Kettleman City! Please sign this petition to the DTSC, the USEPA and California Governer Jerry Brown to demand they deny new permits for the hazardous waste landfill, and end environmental racism now. For more information contact Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice [email protected] 415-284-5600 www.facebook.com/Greenaction4EJ640 of 800 SignaturesCreated by Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice
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Ban Electronic Voting MachinesElectronic Voting Machines have been proven inaccurate, unreliable, and susceptible to fraudulent tampering. In 2012 after the initial GOP Primaries, several states had inaccurate counts including Iowa and many had revised vote counts and many mistakes. This will not stop unless we make it stop. Read more: http://www.politicolnews.com/election-2012-hacked/#ixzz1rr66JWE3684 of 800 SignaturesCreated by Kyle Kilpatrick
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Stop Random Strip SearchesThe Supreme Court recently ruled that anyone arrested by police can be strip-searched for any reason. ANY minor infraction including riding a bike without an audible bell; failing to use a turn signal; having a noisy muffler; engaging in a sit-in -- can now trigger a strip search. This ruling by the Supreme Court will enable police to strip search anyone without justification. Legislation is needed NOW to stop this appalling violation of civil rights.2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Linda Riley
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Repeal of the Taft-Hartley ActRepeal of Taft-Hartley is about bringing democracy to the work place. Workers would be allowed to join a Union of their choosing without interference from management. A simple up or down vote to be held within 60 days of a majority of the workforce signing cards to join a Union.110 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Tom Lewiston