To whom it may concern: We, the people of Oklahoma, are requesting that Governor Mary Fallin face Impeachment on the many levels and facets that Mary Fallin has failed Oklahoma. Mary Fallin has broken her Oath, which she swore to uphold when she took office again in 2014. She has exhibited corruption while in office, and willful neglect of duty and incompetence while acting as a leader for all of Oklahoma. A Resolution calling for impeachment of Governor Mary Fallin to SECTION VIII-1 of the Oklahoma Constitution states the following: The Governor and other elective state officers, including the Justices of the Supreme Court, shall be liable and subject to impeachment for wilful neglect of duty, corruption in office, habitual drunkenness, incompetency or any offense involving moral turpitude committed while in office. We bring you the following reasons to consider: A. Oklahoma ranks 48th in education out of 50 states. B. Mary Fallin cut taxes for Oil & Gas industries shortly after receiving some of the highest political campaign contributions from those same industries for her 2014 campaign win. Mary Fallin cut their taxes from 7% to 2%, while knowing OPEC productions were continuing to hurt the price of Oil per Barrel across the country, ultimately causing a good portion of the $611 million budget deficit. C. Up through the 3rd quarter of 2013, Mary Fallin received $38,250 from private prison corporations via political donations. Her biggest push was for private prisons to be introduced in Oklahoma from 2012 to 2013. D. Mary Fallin promoted and supported failing State Superintendent Janet Barresi, who wasted millions upon millions of dollars for Education here in Oklahoma on Common Core, standardized testing and wasteful spending at all levels of education. Then, only moments before her election and after thousands marched on the Capitol lawn, Mary Fallin changed her mind and signed a bill to stop Common Core in Oklahoma. E. Mary Fallin continues to undermine Teachers and Educators by not offering pay raises and by not offering respect, ultimately causing OKC schools alone to hand out over a thousand emergency hiring certificates to under-qualified teachers. Teachers were either leaving the state for more respect or for better pay at different places of work, ultimately making our educational rankings worse by having poorly trained and under-qualified teachers, leading to even lower rankings in Public Education. F. We are potentially facing a $1 billion budget deficit and total depletion of the rainy day funds. G. She removed $50 million from the seized property funds that may have belonged to individuals who were never convicted of a crime or felony in order to help balance the state budget in 2015. H. Mary Fallin accepted gifts from private donors and took a second luxurious European trip, and wouldn’t disclose how much her security detail and other expenses cost the state of Oklahoma. I. During the eleven days the state was flooded, there was zero response from her second in command, Todd Lamb, and zero response for disaster assistance or relief from Mary Fallin because she was more concerned about her European trip. The state went eleven days with no answers and no solutions, while people's homes, businesses, land, and lives were lost or destroyed. J. Mary Fallin is consistently putting big money and those who further her political career over the needs of people and Oklahoma. K. Mary Fallin invested almost 50% less in mental health than the rest of the nation, causing some of the highest prison populations in the nation, as well some of the highest crimes and violent offenders anywhere in the United States. L. From 2008 to 2013, Mary Fallin claimed to invest more in per pupil funding, which went from $8400 per student to $7672.00; that is less 7.6%. There may be slight increases in educational funding, yet our teachers are still understaffed, overworked and some of the lowest paid in the Nation, in some cases 20 to 30% lower. M. Mary Fallin defied an order from the Oklahoma state supreme court to remove The Ten Commandments. Mary Fallin directed Scott Pruitt to waste hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight for her religious beliefs. Mary Fallin first said it was for historical purposes, then 2 months later got on National TV and said it was for religious purposes. The Oklahoma Constitution voted on and by the people of Oklahoma says the monument cannot stay. Mary Fallin should be held in contempt of court for using her religious beliefs to defy the law. N. Mary Fallin broke her OATH that Mary Fallin swore to uphold by defying the highest court in the land, and then tries to rewrite the entire State Constitution to meet her needs. O. Instead of diverting lottery money to K-12, Mary Fallin wasted most of those dollars in higher education, all due to failed leadership and poor development planning. P. Oklahoma has some the highest incarceration rates of nonviolent offenders in the nation, yet Mary Fallin came up with a program to speed up the release of violent criminals such as rapists, murderers and those who committed other heinous crimes against the people of Oklahoma, before releasing someone for smoking Marijuana. This bill and the law was quickly and quietly put through in 2015 with little knowledge given to the public. Q. Mary Fallin supported the Republican League of Women, who on a number of occasions promoted bigoted and racist comments, as well as supported the OK GOP political party that compared those on welfare to Animals. It wasn’t until it received national attention that Mary Fallin even took action. R. Mary Fallin wasted taxpayer dollars by letting her daughter keep a trailer on state property and paid to have utilities to her trailer run and hooked up to city lines for electric, television, water and gas lines for over four months. S. Mary Fallin continues to put prison funding levels at a higher rate of pay then educ...

The Michigan Legislature and the Governor's Office are currently exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests, shielding their activities from public scrutiny and accountability. The Courser-Gamrat Scandal is only the latest example of legislators abusing the exemption. Public records should be publicly accessible - no exceptions.

The lax child support laws in Indiana are some of the weakest in the country. Did you know no matter what you owe on child support, any payment, $5 or $10 in 30 days is considered "trying"? These dead beats are likely the cause of most social welfare passed onto our tax payers and stiffer penalities need to be put into place!

For over 50 years, the park system has been operating within it's founding guidelines with Conservation as the primary focus. In changing that focus, Timothy J. Grendell has overstepped his statutory authority as Probate Judge, is deliberately and harmfully ignoring the will of the people, and is wrongfully imposing his personal and political vision upon the Geauga Park District. We believe his actions are an improper aggrandizement of the powers of the office of Probate Judge and an abuse of the prestige of that office. He has undermined public respect for the office of Probate Judge and has caused serious and substantial harm to the Geauga Park District.

Are you sick and tired of campaign mailers flooding your mailbox while hiding who's paying for them in fine print that's hard to see and read? We are, too! California Assembly Bill 990 (Bonilla) will make it simpler for voters to find and read the disclosure statement. AB 990 places the statement near the recipient’s name and address, increases the text size, and requires it to actually stand out. AB 990 just passed the Senate and will have its final Assembly vote next week. Sign the petition to tell the Assembly to pass it now!

Refusing to do her job as County Clerk - and taking such a strong anti-LGBT position are not what the Democratic Party is about. It is time for the party and party leaders to do the right thing and distance themselves publicly from this intolerable behavior from a fellow Democrat.

Senator Bernie Sanders says, "American democracy is not about billionaires being able to buy candidates and elections. It is not about the Koch brothers, Sheldon Adelson and other incredibly wealthy individuals spending billions of dollars to elect candidates who will make the rich richer and everyone else poorer." That's why we need a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. Will you sign the petition to Congress to take back our democracy?

Donald Trump and the Republicans made their case to a TV audience of 24 million in August, while the Democrats are silent until mid-October. Democrats in Iowa are being asked to make their decision after only 4 debates. Restricting candidates from debating the issues is undemocratic, and it hurts the candidates and voters who must decide who to support without enough information. The DNC Chair must #AllowDebate!

Bermuda's political system needs to be reformed. There is a breakdown in trust of politicians and this does not work in Bermuda’s public interest or for the island’s common good. In addition to the current representational democracy, an amendment to the Referendum Act will give Bermuda’s electorate the ability to agree or disagree with any given proposal or issue and have a say in how Bermuda will face those changes. Switzerland already has this unique system (semi-direct democracy) in place and it works. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland Issues and initiatives would be decided by referendum and specifically through a mechanism whereby a petition signed by 10% of the electorate automatically triggers a binding referendum. Many issues are not being addressed adequately by Bermuda's politicians, whether they be too sensitive, do not adhere to the ruling party's agenda, not convenient to the electoral cycle or otherwise. If this amendment to the Referendum Act is passed, subsequent petitions with enough voters' signatures will be actionable by finally making politicians truly accountable to the electorate. This will encourage better initial transparency and consultation. A more in-depth case is made in the "Transforming Bermuda" document: http://cloudfront.bernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Transforming-Bermuda-Petition.pdf Please indicate which category you are in: #1 Bermudian 14-17 #2 Bermudian 18 and over (the electorate). Constituency number would be appreciated as well. #3 Bermudian abroad currently not eligible to vote #4 Anyone else who feels that this is important for Bermuda Thank you for taking the time to consider

It's silly that we can't. Why make it a big hassle?

The democratic process in America has been chipped at piecemeal by outside forces since the birth of the nation; today, it is being attacked from within by the very leaders entrusted to protect it. As a constituency, we grow from engaging, open and vibrant debates. “We the people” have that in our blood. Open debates let us whittle down candidates until we get close to one that mirrors our attitudes and beliefs as Democrats. The current DNC chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, evidently does not feel she is part of that process. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: She is bad for democracy She is bad for the party We demand that she is removed from her position as DNC chair.

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