Politicians are more busy chasing the money and even bound by it in order to get re-elected rather than being held accountable to its public as should be in our democracy.

I am a 63 year old grandmother in Oklahoma who would like to be able to tell my grandchild that every vote counts in America. I can’t, because that’s a lie! I was born in 1948 and have voted in every Presidential election since I reached legal voting age. Since I am a Democrat and Oklahoma has voted Republican, the laws of my state have made my vote meaningless. Eleven Presidential elections in a row, for 43 years of my life, my vote has counted for nothing. Yes, the candidate I voted for was elected a few times, but not because of my vote. My state voted for the loser, and my vote made no difference. This is a problem for both parties! Many Republicans see their states vote for the Democrat each time, and they feel just like I do. We are disappointed and discouraged and wondering if our only remaining option is to move to a state where we aren’t made to feel like we don’t belong. Republicans in HI, NY, RI, WA and WI haven’t had their vote matter since 1984. Republicans in CA, CT, DE, IL, MD, MI, NJ, PA and VT watch their votes cast aside in the last 5 Presidential elections. Republican voters in MN haven’t mattered since 1972. Democrats in AK, ID, KS, ND, OK, UT and WY have endured 44 years of their votes being wasted. AL, MS, SC and TX have tossed out all their “blue votes” since 1976. Democrats in AR and AZ could have stayed home for the last 4 elections. Democrats in GA and MT haven’t mattered in the last 3 Presidential elections. This is not government of the people, by the people and for the people! It’s government of the State, by the State and for the State! According to the US Constitution "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors ..." The bad news is that most State Legislatures have decided on the “winner take all” system, which leaves so many of us without a voice. But there is good news! The National Popular Vote Law has already been enacted by states possessing 132 electoral votes — 49% of the 270 electoral votes needed to activate it! 70% of Americans polled support the Popular Vote! Red voters in Blue States and Blue voters in Red States are tired of feeling oppressed, defeated and powerless. We are tired of being called “fly over states” by the media because Presidential candidates never set foot in our states. We are tired of seeing the debate and education, Party support, candidates, and money go to other states. Blue states get bluer. Red states get redder. Presidents get elected by “swing states”, to a large degree by those voters who have the most trouble making up their minds. What can we do? Blue voters in Red States and Red voters in Blue States can stand together! Republicans and Democrats with one voice as Americans! We have been inconsequential for years, but our country could certainly benefit from seeing us stand together now! It shouldn’t take a 9/11 disaster for us to find compassion for one another. Please go to http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/ and look under “Take Action” in the upper right hand corner to see what individuals can do to help. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see where your State Legislature stands. Hold a rally on the steps of your State Capital! Hold a “Red voters and Blue voters UNITED” event with neighboring States. That’s something rare and newsworthy!! I have lived my whole life with my votes for President ignored. Many in my position no longer bother to make the trip to their voting place. I will continue to vote in this flawed Democracy, as a symbol of my belief in citizen responsibility. May we work together to see my votes, and yours, begin to matter. Broken Arrow, OK

Yes, I have and Millions of more American's too have been effected by it.

To eliminate special interest groups control over our elected officials

To eliminate special interest groups control over our elected officials

With the expenses always going up and income staying the same more has closed then opened in our county and fewer and fewer services are now avialable in our county so traveling out of county to get what is needed has added to yet more expense. Mean while more and more For Sale signs and just left to collect ugliness goes on. So how and when will our elected at all levels finally see this plight and start doing something to stop it now?

We need to have transperancy in Government from the federal levels on down. This petition is to get honesty and the truth out of our leaders. If this does not happen we should have a right to remove them from a position without a reason. Enough is enough

Charles H. Grodnik, Judge is in violation of his oath of office by being engaged in the practice of law strictly prohibited by state constitution, ARTICLE 7. Judicial Section 11. Tenure of justices of Supreme Court and judges of the Court of Appeals "No such justice or judge shall, during his term of office, engage in the practice of law, run for elective office other than a judicial office, directly or indirectly make any contribution to, or hold any office in, a political party or organization or take part in any political campaign." If this Judge hasn't already drug you into court he probably will one day as he is a privet attorney for a collection agency. you don't even have to owe any money to him or the company he represents and they will say you do. As in the case of FIRSTSOURCE V. Hays. Instead of protecting the rights of the people this Jude as an attorney is violating the rights of his constituents in order to turn a profit for him self. Due to these violations of the law, his oath and the rights of the people this man needs to be removed from his elected office. This judge is also violating his own code of conduct i.e. "RULE 3.10: Practice of Law A judge shall not practice law. A judge may act pro se and may, without compensation, give legal advice to and draft or review documents for a member of the judge's family,* but is prohibited from serving as the family member's lawyer before a tribunal. This Rule does not prohibit the practice of law pursuant to military service."

The national debt is nearly $16,000,000,000,000.00. That's 16 TRILLION DOLLARS. To pay it off each citizen in the U.S would need to contribute nearly $51,000.00. The time is now! Republicans, Democrats, Tea Party and other political parties MUST stop the grandstanding and posturing and balance and start to lower this staggering figure. Either they get with the program or toss them out of office!

I don't think that members of Congress should continue to enjoy so many special perks ,e.g.medical care, retirement benefits, that are paid for by our income taxes.

Judge Charles C. Wicks is in violation of his oath of office and violating the rights of others from his elected set. He violated the rights of my wife Alicia M. Hays in a small claims case denying her the assistance of counsel. He then proceeded to violate the rights of Joshua R. Hays and ordered him to serve six months in jail for attempting to represent his wife in a small claims case. He did this without affording him any due process of law, committing multiple constitutional violations to which he had no authority to do. This affects the people of this county as well as the state of Indiana due to the fact he is an elected official entrusted by the people to protect our rights and he is not doing that. I do not know his ambitions as a elected official if he wants to seek higher appointments of office or if he just intends to stay a superior court judge, I do however know that he has already committed acts of treason and went against his oath and due to these violations we the people can not trust him and need to put an end to his elected and political career so he can no longer continue to violate our rights or has an opportunity to violate our rights on a larger scale.

America can be better. This is a promise that my great-granparents passed on to every generation of my family after passing through Ellis Island, straight down to me. But that promise is in danger of being broken-- we have allowed ourselves to expect nothing from ourselves. To stop striving to be better, to reach for not greatness, and avoid not failure, but to hope for mediocrity.