The President said that he wanted to protect and encourage voting. I can't think of a better way to make voting more accessible than to free up time so that people are able to vote. The National Holiday would also free up the parking lots and schools where most of the voting is done. Also, it would free up more people to work the polls.

The Influencer Coalition has highlighted these core issues that affect African-Americans and under-served communities. Please review our petition to Governor Deal, sign the petition and share with as many people as possible. Let’s make a better Georgia for you and our families. EDUCATION: African-American students are disproportionately represented among students that live in poverty, will not graduate from high school and are not prepared to enter the workforce. • Restore 1 Billion dollars to the State budget for Public Education to end teacher furloughs, decrease class sizes, and support education programming; • Restore 25 million to Pre-K Programming to allow all children access to a Pre-K programming, end the wait list for access to Early Childhood Education, and close achievement gaps; • Restore all funds that have been cut from the HOPE scholarship so that achieving students can attend College based upon robust funding and fair criteria; • Increase state support of and partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to support the mission, purpose and legacy of these institutions. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: African-Americans are disproportionately represented among the 350,000 unemployed Georgians. They also reflect less than 3% of small and medium-size business owners receiving state contracts • Approve 5 Million dollars to support Georgia Department of Labor sites in inner-city communities to assist with job search, recruitment and hiring; • Restore funding that allows 45,000 citizens to attend Technical Colleges so that Georgia’s workforce is provided with the skills they need to earn livable wages; • Provide funding to support inner-city summer work programs for high school students; • Increase (MFBE) Minority|Female|Business|Enterprise contract procurement with the State by 10%. CRIMINAL JUSTICE: African-Americans are disproportionately represented in the juvenile detention and prison population, particularly African-American males. 80% of the people accused of a crime in the State of Georgia cannot afford independent representation. The militarization of the police force has led to less community policing and more brutality. • Increase the number of Hispanic and African-American State Troopers by 5% to support diversity; • Provide 5 Million dollars of Funding toward Diversity training for all State Troopers and City Police Officers in Georgia’s largest Metro Cities to adequately prepare officers to serve and protect Georgians; • Retrain law enforcement officers regarding escalation protocol so that police brutality and use of excessive force decreases; • Allocate 10 Million dollars to expand and support indigent defense programs and public defenders. VOTER SUPPRESSION Georgia officials had to clear voting changes with the Justice Department because of a long history of disenfranchisement and discrimination against African-American voters. More recently: 1) Augusta moved municipal elections from November to decrease African-American voter turnout; 2) Greene County implemented a redistricting plan previously blocked by the Justice Department to decrease African-American voter turnout; 3) Morgan County introduced a plan to eliminate half the area’s polling sites to decrease voter turnout in low-income and minority voters; 4) Efforts have mounted against Dekalb County to eliminate Sunday voting; and 5) Georgia Secretary of State, Jack Kemp is trying to invalidate the applications of 85,000 newly registered African-American voters. • Stop Georgia’s Secretary of State, Jack Kemp from invalidating the 85,000 African-American new voter registrations that have been received 2012-1014; • Cease African-American voter suppression throughout the state; • Stop efforts to end Sunday voting.

I trust Hillary more than anyone else to follow through on what she wrote, and make lasting repairs to meaningfully protect middle class and poor Americans, and increase opportunities for everyone. She knows how to make healthcare work better for all Americans. For my personal security, and for the security of our country, we need Hillary's expertise in action!

I believe this country needs a President like Obama to have more time to bring changes to uphold the lofty ideals for which the country stands.

I trust Hillary to follow through on what she wrote and make real and lasting reforms to restore and increase protections and opportunities for middle class and poor Americans and to make health care work better for everyone. For the security of our country, we need Hillary's expertise in action.

This petition will limit the amount of political power one or more bloodlines/ families hold in our political offices, so more agendas are looked at and listened to . This will keep the laws, agendas of political power, and ideas fresh and unbiased so that Americans feel there is strong social justice in our political and judicial justice systems. This will allow Americans to feel and perceive there's equal rights, hope, and peace more so than today. This will allow a more just feel to our system and will avoid political corruption whether existent or accused of in media resources, political resources, and figures of authority. This will promote more diverse presidency, economic, and political power. By adding your signature, you agree there needs to be change, not only within the United States but in the world and the way we conduct World Organizations and treaties on trades. This will open up more opportunities for lobbyists, small companies, large companies, and environmentalists to come up with new and fresh solutions to today's problems once again avoiding conflict with some countries, tributaries, and authorities in or outside of America.

Property values are dropping and companies are moving out of the city to avoid crime and are taking tax revenues with them. (Boy, I wonder who is going to make up that deficit? Maybe the ones who stay?) Crime is out of control and Williams' brainstorm was to introduce Coffee with a Cop. SERIOUSLY? Then Williams instituted a homicide unit, probably a year late. He also feels the need to bash articles and the media about calling the city Murdertown instead of addressing the issue. He can save faith by standing up, raising his hand, saying he is in over his head and needs some help.

Citizens United and other recent court decisions have opened the floodgates to big money influence in our democracy, giving special interests and the wealthy more control over our government and economy than they’ve enjoyed since the Gilded Age of the late 19th century. Backed by a geyser of money supplied by ultra-wealthy donors and corporations, radical right-wing extremists swept Senate and House races across the country. The domination of politics by corporations and the mega-rich is a profound threat to democracy and freedom in the United States, and we have to fight back. Now, together with more than 50 organizations, MoveOn.org and partners at Common Cause, Free Speech For People, Money Out Voters In, People For the American Way, and Public Citizen are working to gather five million petition signatures calling for an amendment. These millions of petitions will send a strong message to members of Congress, the media and general public. Sign your name and join the millions of Americans who’ve told their lawmakers to amend the Constitution and overturn Citizens United!

It is more than five long years since the Supreme Court's disastrous Citizens United ruling. The onslaught of money unleashed is destroying our democracy. Please sign our petition to overturn it now and share it with your friends!

Dominion believes that they are within their rights to trespass onto private property based on a Virginia state law. At any given time, a bunch of petroleum pirates can essentially impose on resident's property rights; and all they have to do is "let you know" that they intend to do so. The slippery slope fueled by greasy greed is almost scarier than the other dangers associated with fracking. This practice seems to all but eviscerate the 5th Amendment of the Bill of Rights, and could lead to a constitutional fractastrophe. We are calling on Governor Terry McAuliffe to sit down with property owners work together to scrap this law.

I feel that our government officials have forgotten who they are. They feel that they have the right to make cuts to everyone besides themselves. If we didn't have to pay them their salary and medical benefits forever, they wouldn't need to cut Social Security or Medicare or retirement funds for those who need it the most.

NJ voters across the political spectrum are angry that so much money - especiallyundisclosed money from outside the state - is being spent in our elections. In ademocracy, it is our right to know the amount and source of money spent either in favor or against a candidate or ballot proposition. These bills state that all aggregate contributions of $2,500+ and expenditures of $1,400+ must be fully disclosed. Free and fair elections require a voter’s ability to follow the money. If donations are not disclosed, any subsequent act of intimidation or “quid pro quo” corruption is likely to go undetected. Dark money in elections tempt interest groups of all stripes to engineer the outcome. Our NJ Legislature is already on the record in support of Constitutional Amendment to overturn Citizens United, the ruling that allows for free and unlimited spending by corporations in our elections. Since it will take a constitutional amendment to remedy the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, we must reduce the harm NOW by bringing all campaign contributions and expenditures into the light of day. Pass A227 and the companion Senate bill (which was S2616 in the last session) in time for our next election November 2015.