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It is a shame that our society and the state of Florida would stoop so low to seek means to collect profits from the poorest members of our societies when their loved ones are incarcerated. The only purpose for prisons is housing and rehabilitation of those our courts have sent to jail. Earning a profit from those least able to pay who have committed no crime other than to have loved one in prison is reprehensible. It is a practice that must stop. Prison is not for profit. Florida CURE www.flcure.org

States which have established strict voter I.D. laws to prevent voting fraud has failed to prove there are high rates of voter fraud; however, the voter I.D. laws have proven to have high rates of blocking ELIGIBLE voters from voting. Basically, the States have committed more voting fraud than the citizens have. Every citizen has ways to prove who they are without having a state photo I.D. They have retirement income records, utility bills, nursing home administrators, social security administration documents, records of birth, school I.D., work I.D., passports, income tax documents, property tax documents, or it can be a notarized statement by clergymen or law enforcement officers. Every citizen who would have been eligible to vote if he/she was not prohibited by the State's photo I.D. law have had his/her constitutional rights violated and therefore the State needs to pay punitive damages to that citizen. If an ELIGIBLE citizen is purged off the voter registration roll or is not placed on the voter registration roll after lawfully filing his/her voter registration, the State must pay punitive damages to that citizen. If the State prohibits enough eligible voters from voting to the point it affects the outcome of an election, that State's election results must be voided and rerun. Prevention of voting fraud is commendable but not if it blocks the constitutional right of even one law-abiding citizen. The State has clearly broken the law and that one citizen is the crime victim. Restitution to each citizen should be $1,000 - $5,000. This action will assure that the States will be as adamant in protecting its citizens rights as it is in preventing fraud.

The control of the United States' money supply should not be in the hands of a private corporation, 100% of whose shareholders are private banks. This is a conflict of interest on the part of the banks.

It is heart breaking to see that so many lives are lost for no reason. The fact that most of the time the police who commit these murders for no legitimate reason go unpunished makes these murders even worse.

Cory Gardner has been caught in a second lie this week--first, he made up an organization that endorsed his over-the-counter contraception plan, and now he's claiming that he championed green jobs in Colorado. What else is Cory Gardner lying about?

Great News! After more than 11,000 people signed petitions, thousands left comments on his website, and hundreds called — Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 844. Another big win for transparency this year! Authored by Senator Fran Pavley, SB 844 will make it easy to see online who's spending money for and against California propositions. It requires the Secretary of State to create an online page listing the total amount raised and the top ten funders for and against. Perhaps most importantly, the official ballot pamphlet will include a link to the page so it’s easy to find. Please sign the petition thanking Governor Brown and urging him to join the California Clean Money Campaign to pass the California DISCLOSE Act in 2015.

I work as an Investigative Analyst in the Major Economic Crimes Bureau of the New York County District Attorney’s Office. I focus on large white-collar crime cases, and hope to work in this field full-time after I graduate from law school. The recently-released recordings from New York Fed bank examiner Carmen Segarra are very troubling to me, and show an unsettling level of deference to banks by the investigators who are supposed to be regulating them. This is the same kind of behavior that we saw during the financial crisis, and we thought that things had changed since then. We need to make sure we are pushing for stronger oversight of the banks instead of letting Wall Street do what it pleases. Senator Elizabeth Warren has called for Congressional hearings into the culture at the New York Federal Reserve, and we're standing with her to urge Congress to take action. Add your name to join Senator Warren's push for an investigation.

In the final hours of debate on the 2014 Farm Bill, Congress stripped the popular bi-partisan reform that would have tightened what it means to be “actively engaged” in farming. Without this definition, mega-farmers use this as a loophole to multiply their payments for every acre they add to their operation. This hurts small and mid-sized family farmers too, who aren't getting rich from farm payments. The time has come for the Obama Administration to fulfill their 2007 campaign pledge and close the loopholes mega-farms use to get around farm program payment limits.

On July 19, 2014, human rights lawyer and mother Chaumtoli Huq was unlawfully arrested and detained for 9 hours. She was wearing a traditional South Asian tunic while waiting outside a restaurant in Times Square for her children and husband to use the restroom. Police approached her and told her to move. Ms. Huq was not blocking any passage that would prevent the public from free access to the sidewalk. When she explained she was waiting for her family, Officer Ryan Lathrop became irate. He continued to use force to arrest her, and when Ms. Huq said that she was in pain, Officer Lathrop told her “shut your mouth.” When Officer Lathrop found out Ms. Huq had a different last name than her husband, he told her “in America, wives take the names of their husbands.” Ms. Huq was arrested and held at the local precinct for nine hours. We demand that Bill de Blasio hold a public town hall meeting to respond to each and every case of police brutality so that the public can have a dialogue on over-policing in our communities. This arrest is characteristic of a pattern and practice of the NYPD of aggressive over-policing of people of color and persons lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights. It also shows a lack of gender sensitivity and ignorance towards diverse cultures in New York. No police officer should harass anyone, let alone question cultural norms of family relationships. This incident did not take place in a vacuum, as over-policing, discrimination, and police brutality has been at the forefront of national dialogue. Police misconduct and civil rights abuses following the police shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri has shocked the conscience of the nation. Even within New York City, however, we have plenty of examples of horrific over-policing. We are calling on you to demand that Bill de Blasio and Commissioner William Bratton take proactive steps toward ending police brutality and harassment of women and people of color.

This change in WI law comes only weeks before an important election. It is projected that up to 300,000 legally eligible WI voters will not be able to vote in November because they don't have or won't be able to obtain the required ID in time. I work at the polls and have seen firsthand how difficult it can be for legitimately entitled people to provide the documentation necessary to register even before this new requirement.

Every American should be given a vote on this petition. Entire Congress takes too much time off and still receives pay and benefits. All members should have pay and benefits docked when not present in session a minimum of 24 hours each week and be present for all speeches. Entire Congress must be present in their DC office at least 8 hours a week. Congress should travel economy class, not business class or first class unless they pay the difference in price. Congress should not be paid for campaigning. .