During my past 23 years of Residence in Arizona, I have observed many examples of Government Grants and Competitions which appear to be Discriminatory: 1) Grants are based on size of Organization, instead of Quality of Work. 2) Grants are based on Non-Profit 501(c)3 status, which does not always tell you the whole story about the organization. 3) Grants are usually awarded to well-known organizations instead of newcomers. 4) In "Individual Competitions," Judging Criteria are not always listed. 5) Rejection Letters do not include Evaluations. 6) Contestants are required to sign Waivers which give the Contest Directors the Right to Use their Intellectual Property without Credit to the person who created it. 7) Judging is often based on Political or Subjective Opinions of the Judging Committee. "Controversial Topics" are not allowed. 8) Those who Administer Grants or Competitions often have no background in the Area of Interest. 9) Sometimes, a Grant or Competition Award is denied to Minorities, Disabled, Seniors, or those of another Belief System. 10) There is no way to address these issues, because EEOC does not cover Grants and Competitions.

On April 3, 2012 in Anchorage, Alaska an election was held during which many irregularities occurred. We, therefore, petition for a thorough, independent audit of the Anchorage elections of Tuesday April 3rd, 2012.

I demand that the patriot act is repealed. Restore our rights and civil liberties.

Restoring the Bill of Rights For more than two hundred years the people of the United States have been struggling and sometimes dying to defend their freedoms from threats both foreign and domestic. The Constitution requires that all Presidents and Representatives swear to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Yet, since the attack of 9/11/01, some lawmakers, under cover of fear, have advanced the Patriot Act, the National Defense Authorization Act and other legislation that directly contradicts and infringes upon the Bill of Rights. In the name of security, most of our rights under the original Ten Amendments have been eroded, reduced or effectively lost.

Many internship sites and jobs, in particular ones related to the medical or mental health field specifically hire candidates based on their sex/ gender. Many applicants are told that they were not hired due to the fact that the site wanted more men or more women. Too many qualified applicants are rejected based on the fact that they are a man or a woman and are openly told that they're greatly qualified but were only not hire due to the fact that they are the sex that they are. The same is true for different cultures. It's about time that the hiring process was based on merit rather than someone's sex, religion, sexual orientation, or country of origin.

If the State or the US government should begin to require voter ID at the polls, then the State needs to provide that photo ID at the government's expense. TSA (Transportation Safety) at all the airports has cost the government (the taxpayers) over $50 Billion. They have effectively uncovered and confiscated numerous nail clippers, bottles of perfume and shaving lotion, but to date no terrorist. Think what that money could have done for our educational system. At least we would have safe and better equipped schools for our children. Photo Identification unless provided at State expense is a new "Poll Tax" which has been determined to be unconstitutional. Please sign to stop this right wing paranoid foolishness about requiring a photo ID to be allowed to exercise the right to vote.

The United States constitution hasn't been changed since the 27th amendment passed in the 1980's. This petition is calling for a Consitutional Convention to take place ASAP at a date and location to be determined later. This convention should be used to update the constitution's amendments to conform with our modern values and encode certain protections already written into law and legal opinion (such as the right to privacy) but not into the constitution itself.

if you require id you pay for it not voter you are taking away their right. like the okd pole tax.

Last November 9, UC Berkeley students, staff and faculty tried to set up a small encampment on campus, in solidarity with the then-burgeoning Occupy movement and in opposition to the ongoing privatization of the UC. Campus police and Alameda County Sheriffs viciously beat the students in order to stop the tents from going up. Now, nearly four months after the fact, 13 people are being charged with misdemeanors for the events of November 9, even though most of them were never arrested.

He was Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman...only he was at home being attacked by an armed man...and won...and have been wrongfully persecuted every since...was Ihe suppose to lose and lose his life to be afforded his legal and constitutional rights why is he not the victim...? Because he won and saved his life?

The Patriot Act is clearly in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution and the courts refuse to even hear any case that challenges its constitutionality. The Patriot Act needs to be allowed to expire as it was intended.

Demand justice for a young man who shot in the back twice by police. Ariston Waiters, 19 years old was shot and killed on December 14, 2011