The state of Georgia shamefully executed Troy Davis on September 21, 2011 despite serious doubts about his guilt. However, they cannot stop our struggle for all the Troy Davises of the world. By signing the Not in my Name Pledge, we ask that you commit to working for death penalty abolition in your community, in your state, in your country and around the world.

We should all care about this issue because it affects every single American that has & will ever pay into them. They are not entitlements.

As a result of the Citizens United U.S. Supreme Coust decision it will take a Constitutional amendment to get special interest money out of our federal elections. We must do this in order to to keep our politicians and elections free of the bribes proferred by wealthy individuals, corporations and PACs in their efforts to influence every decision most of elected representatives make.

Paul LePage would never have become governor if we were allowed to vote by ranking candidates in order of preference. Most of the votes for Libby Mitchell would have gone to Eliot Cutler or vice versa, and one of them would have won. Within the past few years, instant run-off voting (IRV) has been successfully used in several municipal elections across the nation. IRV enables one to vote for his/her true first choice, while indicating a second and third choice candidate. In the event that no candidate garners 50% plus one vote, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated, and voters who ranked that candidate first have their votes recast to their second choice candidate. This process is repeated until one candidate garners 50% plus one vote. IRV avoids sequential run-off elections and enables the voter to cast a "single transferable vote," ensuring that the winning candidate has a majority.

Our country's representatives should show their solidarity with the American people in this time of economic downfall by taking a pay reduction. By signing this petition, we would send a message to Congress that we want to see more than just an intellectual identification with the American people. Congress will most impact the American people's faith and trust in our system with tangible sacrifice. This reduction in salary must be made immediately for optimal effectiveness.

If congress had the same medical plan, medicare, and the same retirement supplement plan, social security, their actions and votes in congressional sessions would have more value since it would effect them as well.

All of congress to go on Social Security and eliminate their current retirement program.

Shall we forever entice terrorists, cartels and gangs to seek enormous profits so easily generated by defying laws against a select few plant products?

With only 33% of the whole Texas vote Perry won as our governor. I am 23 years old and believe that with more than half the vote we can show America how we really feel about Rick Perry and his "success in Texas".

We are all sick of Washingtons games, We need new faces and fresh ideas. Lets make a stand and get 500,000 signatures to let Washington know that they are there for us and not the lobbiest! It's about time they take our best interests into thought and not how they will stay in the seat they now Sit! 2 Term limit.

In any deficit reduction packages, Congressional compensation must be lowered in accord with proposed reductions in compensation for federal employees or repicients of governmental assistance.

America was founded at a time when hemp was a common commodity, yet profoundly important. So important in fact that the first three Presidents of the United States praised hemp and encouraged it's growth throughout the states. We are petitioning to have hemp cultivation recognized as the valuable industry it is and amended into the Constitution to never be Prohibited to future generations.