In order to further strive for a more perfect Union, the State of California intends to strengthen voter participation and honor our constitutionally given right, by enshrining the day we participate in our most sacred civic duty. By acknowledging the importance of voting as the very foundation of a healthy democracy, and actively safeguard election days solely for that purpose, ensuring that all registered citizens who wish to participate will have an entire day to do so, with the least possible obstacles or disincentives.

I'm on Medicare - and I love it. I want it for everyone. I care about people, not unnecessary 3rd party insurance companies, not price-gouging big pharma, not political. Healthcare is a human right, and we are the only first world nation that does not provide this health coverage. From: Physicians for a National Health Program http://www.pnhp.org/news/2017/january/doctors-hail-reintroduction-of-medicare-for-all-bill “In addition to the enormous administrative savings from a single payer, such a program would also have the financial clout to negotiate with drug and medical equipment suppliers for lower prices. And doctors would have more time to spend with their patients, instead of dealing with mountains of paperwork and haggling with insurers. The key step is removing the private health insurers from the picture. “Recent Kaiser and Gallup surveys have shown that nearly 6 in 10 Americans, 58 percent, support a Medicare-for-all approach, with the Gallup poll finding that 41 percent of Republicans favor replacing the ACA with ‘a federally funded health care program providing insurance for all Americans,’” she said. “And surveys show physician support is also strong and growing. Hundreds of labor, civic and faith-based organizations have endorsed this model of deep-going reform. “The time for fundamental health care reform is now,” Paris said. “No more tweaking. No more incrementalism. No more ‘political feasibility’ arguments. It’s time for Congress to stop putting the interests of private insurance and Big Pharma over constituent needs. It’s time to make H.R. 676, Improved Medicare for All, the law of the land.” Physicians for a National Health Program (www.pnhp.org) is a nonprofit research and education organization of more than 20,000 doctors who support single-payer national health insurance. It was founded in 1986."

Los Angeles, it's time to divest from Wells Fargo. Seattle just removed $3 billion from Wells Fargo in response to their financing of the Dakota Access Pipeline and opening fake bank accounts. It's time to put our city's money into a trustworthy and ethical bank.

Senator McConnell refused to do his job as a U.S. Senator and encouraged other senators to shirk their responsibilities when he refused to hold hearings on Judge Merrick Garland. This week he impeded the proper functioning of the Senate when he moved to have Senator Elizabeth Warren permanently silenced and excluded from the debate on the candidacy of Sen. Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General. Senator Warren was silenced because she was reading a relevant letter from Coretta Scott King on the many reasons Jeff Sessions should not be given a position of power. If you are willing to sign this petition, please note if you are a resident of a state near to Kentucky or if you had planned to travel to Kentucky before you read about Senator McConnell's undemocratic actions.

John Faso has refused to schedule a town hall meeting that is free and open to the public. His constituents were so angry that they marched to his house! Citizen Action asked him to hold a meeting but he has not scheduled one. He needs to face us and hear us so that we know he is working for us!

We need to make sure that our elected officials know their constituents concerns so they can represent them in Washington.

Our representatives work for us. Therefore, a vital part of representative democracy is public meetings in which members of the public get to talk face-to-face to their elected representatives in real time and get face-to-face answers to their questions. However, as opposition to the Trump administration grows louder, and representatives get uncomfortable, more representatives are choosing not to host these kinds of events at all. This is not okay. Representatives MUST be held to account by directly facing the people that their actions affect. Demand that they fulfill their duties to constituents. Demand that they listen.

I am a registered voter in New York's 19th District who wants his voice heard by his representative.

The people of the 19th district would like a chance to address Rep. John Faso respectfully in person, in order to better understand his positions under an administration that may not reflect the political and ethical philosophy of many in the 19th. district.

The week of February 18-26 is the first congressional recess of the 115th Congress, and for many of us, the first opportunity since Trump took office to speak directly with our members of Congress--without having to worry about going to voicemail. This is the perfect time to ask the questions that we, as constituents, deserve answers to and to demonstrate that tolerance of Trump's attacks on our health care, our communities, and our democracy are unacceptable and politically toxic. Will you sign this petition to encourage Senator Murkowski to meet with her constituents during this congressional recess?

An open and accessible government is the standard of U.S. democracy. Or at least it should be! John Faso won Ulster County by a narrow margin and there are many of us who want to make sure that he is going to do the job he was hired to do; speak for all citizens of Ulster County and not just the 1%! With the uncertainty and unorthodox nature of our present Republican administration, our job of holding Rep. Faso accountable just got bigger and more crucial than ever.

It is of utmost importance, in this time of radical change and uncertainty, that our elected representatives hear from us and talk with us.