The United States was founded on the fundamental right of citizens to have a voice in their government. The Citizens United ruling has given corporations and individuals with huge sums of money a disproportionate voice in the financing of political campaigns, effectively limiting the First Amendment freedoms of individual citizens to participate in their government.

Duke Power and Progress Energy merger is unfair to customers due to projected rate hikes following the merger. The details of the merger were not fully disclosed to the NC Utilities Commission, Federal Energy Regulators, and the public. The lack of transparency is a breach of trust. Costly repairs and upgrades will unnecessarily burden the electric utility customers of these/this electric corporation.

My Petition is about Campaign Finance Reform. I have been personally affected by elected officials that put special interest and Corporate greed before the people they have been elected to represent.

The Iraq war is for oil. Oil companies make billions in profits. The oil companies – not the tax payers – need to foot the bill.

My name is Justin Gadson from Charlotte, NC. July 11, 2012 my dog and I were taking our morning walk around the neighborhood along the sidewalk. While crossing the street to head to the house a Time Warner Cable van ran over my dog in front of me. My goal is to continue to help curb reckless driving in neighborhoods and to pressure Time Warner Cable to step up to the plate.

A President must be honest and forthright. Mitt Romneys actions to deliberately hide his tax returns fails to show integrity and honesty. Please tell Mitt Romney to Stop his Deceptive Practices.

HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (also known as Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) has been accused of breaking the law various times throughout their time in the USA. The most recent accusation deals with money laundering with Mexican Drug Cartels and various terrorist groups around the world. This petition is a call for the government to pull HSBC's license and shut down all branches on US soil. Bring the money back to US banks!

to overturn Citizens United

eBay has turned against the people who pay to keep it in business, the SELLERS. The feedback system is very terrible in the sense that sellers can no longer leave negative feedback.

In the wake of the tsunami of money flooding the markets to influence voters, we must create a law modeled after Canada's successful legislation that forbids licensed broadcasters to allow lies or known misinformation on the airwaves.

The Federal Energy Regulatiory Commission has ordered that $ 78 millon dollars be given to NYS and NYAG is one of the parties in NYS that is authorized to apply for the money. Please join and get the AG to fully participate in this process. Currently, he has permitted the Public Service Commission to apply for him. The PSC has also permitted unidentified large producer/supplier corporations to apply without notice nor demanding or learning who these large corportation are. General Schneiderman is know as a straight shooter and is also hearily involved in the investigation of Wall Street. Wall Street Banks are also involved in electricity rate manipulation as per Anti Trust proceeding against Morgan Stanley and separate investigation of JP Morgan.

i do not want to eat genetically engineered food.