Democracy is on the ropes in my state of North Carolina. An onslaught of political spending by out of state conservative organizations from the NRA to Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers has clogged the airwaves with right wing propaganda. But Americans for Prosperity, with their deep ties to the billionaire Koch Brothers, has doubled down on subverting democracy with a mailing that can and will confuse and mislead voters. Governor McCrory must take action to protect North Carolinians now!

A few days ago, the Koch money-backed advocacy group, Americans For Prosperity (AFP) mailed out incorrect voter registration information to hundreds of citizens in North Carolina - and at least one cat. That's right, a cat. The group labeled these mailings as "official application forms" in an attempt to trick citizens into thinking they were registering to vote in the upcoming election. Ridiculous attempts like this to rig elections must stop now! To make the matter worse, no one seems to know where AFP got the list of people this mailing went to, and a citizen has even reported the "form" he received was addressed to his cat. This has to be the final straw for all Americans, not just NC voters. This is the United States of America - not the United States of David and Charles Koch. If action isn't taken on this now, we are letting the Koch brothers pick and choose who they want to sit in our legislatures and, serve as our judges. Join me in demanding that Americans For Prosperity explain to NC voters why they are illegally and unethically tampering with our democracy!

We, the families of Weymouth Youth Football and Cheerleading request permission to use the baseball field adjacent to the WHS turf field for game day warm-ups. To date, Mr. Slattery, a town employee, has denied all requests to permit our children a safe and easily accessible warm up space for their games. We hereby request that Mayor Kay use her authority to override the decision of Mr. Slattery and put the safety of our children before town politics.

I can no longer purchase tickets for events at face value. I am forced to purchase tickets with inflated values at the financial benefit of a third party.

Viewers of Fox News are highly likely to be misinformed about the news. Fox News uses racism, sexism, and bigotry to manipulate the fears of its viewers. In today's world, it is dangerous for a large portion of U.S. viewers to be victims of this disinformation. Source: Seven Surveys Make A Trend For Fox And Viewers http://mediamatters.org/blog/2011/11/22/seven-surveys-make-a-trend-for-fox-and-viewers/167217

Recently, I heard a misinformed politician refer to America as a “Christian Nation” as if this were fact. But, in fact, America was founded on the principle of religious freedom with a key idea being that religion should not be injected into government or government into religion. This is the true and original American nation. Our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States make no reference to Christianity. Many of the founding fathers were Deists, not Christians. When making reference to the Creator, Lord, or God, they spoke in a generic sense not associated with any specific religious group or faction. The problem with countries that identify themselves as “religious” is that they’re frequently associated with social isolation, persecution, and murder within and beyond their borders. These things, our founding fathers abhorred and our many immigrant citizens escaped to come here in pursuit of the freedom we promised. By signing this petition, I am urging U.S. politicians to acknowledge that America belongs to a diverse group of citizens with the right to their own religious affiliation. America is not a “Christian Nation” but a country that respects all of its members. The falsehood proposed by some of today’s politicians that Americans belong to, or ought to belong to a particular religion, is, in my opinion, dangerous, inaccurate, and counter to the premise on which this nation was founded. Further, my signature confirms that I will not vote for any office seeker who tries to promote a narrow religious view on the citizenry of what seems to be an increasingly chauvinistic governance.

To get an understanding of the system and the injustice for men. I have witnessed an incident such as this and the female started it by texting this young male phone and her father called the police and pressed charges. The text messages were still in this female phone when her daddy saw them. I believe the bond was set because the black daddy was a physical therapist of the small town. It was more her fault as well as the male and his bond was set at $100,000.00. This was not fair to the male and he has a good head on his shoulder and this was very sad to the entire family as well.

I became very ill in 2011, and was soon bulldozed on 16 different pharmaceutical medications. I was given one medication and then more to treat the side effects of that and so on. I had been told that I was going to die either from the medication or from the disease that I had. Since that time, I have been disabled. With that, I have been home and watching more television than I ever have in my life. While gravely ill, I remember watching the advertisements and wanting to feel well and happy and do all of the positive things that they show in the ads. I have been taking back my health over the last year. It is a process and I am on a positive recovery pattern. Part of my recovery has been to reduce pharmaceuticals and only take them when the benefit outweighs the risk. While this is a personal choice one must make, it is essential to taking back one's health. I am not only recovering from the effects of the diseases I have, but also from pharmaceutical overload. I believe the advertisements are detrimental to a person's health, and often create tunnel vision with regard to health choices. Also, the subliminal seduction associated with advertising on television is no place for body and mind altering substances. Isn't that part of the reason that we took tobacco advertisements off of television? Let's put prescription drug information back where it should be. At the physician's office. Thank you.

Intend to deliver this petition in response to ongoing discussions on this topic

We want Hassan Rouhani President of Iran to free a US prisoner. As he attends UN talks and makes calm claims and thanks the world for their alliances to eradicate "terrorism" he leaves clear messages in his speech and actions that expose his real intentions. In his speech he states that the world must do everything it can to stop terrorism and makes it clear that as long as tiny fractions exist the world should be in fear... so in cryptic language he is saying basically there is nothing you can do to stop them and the terror they seek to project. And he clearly holds an American in prison that is beaten and treated terribly for 2 years. Cut the crap, send a clear thank you to the world’s leader in fighting terrorism and free an innocent US citizen.

As an international student with an East Asian background first enrolled in MCPS in 2011, I acknowledge that the Jewish New Year is one of the official holidays in the school district; however, Lunar New Year, one of the most significant holidays appreciated by East Asian cultures, is not. I understand MCPS has a growing Asian population and I wish this petition could persuade MCPS to adopt Lunar New Year as one of its official holidays.

My son Matthew Carr was at an underage party. The legal age for drinking in Missouri is twenty one. He was seventeen. The police left them at the party. No one tried to take his keys. The police did not take him to jail or call parents. Two and a half hours later he was dead, as he hit a tree driving home.