In the interests of the popular vote, in the interests of core American ideals and Democracy, in opposition to the supremacist defined and spirited political mob overwhelming our Nation's Capital, I am adding my voice to the call to the Electoral College Voters. I am calling upon them to protect our Nation as they were intended to do, against populous mob rule. Trump is not qualified to be President, and this is widely known and appreciated. His narcissistic personality, actions, words, and choices used to agitate this hate defined mob mentality, has turned him into a true Demagogue who is a threat to our Democracy, which is exactly the tyrannical threat that the Electoral College was created to defend against. On Dec 19, I am asking the Electoral Voters to vote against Donald Trump. Courage is needed here in fulfilling the duties of the Electoral College. The threat is real, is clear, and the effects are already beginning to materialize. Electoral Voters, uphold your duty to protect the Constitution and the Democracy of the United States of America. It is NOT your duty to vote in accordance with the popular vote. If that was the case, the Electoral College would have no purpose or meaning, and we would just use the Popular Vote. Your duty is to defend the Constitution and its Republic from tyranny, from a populous authoritarian Demagogue and the destructive hate defined movement he has constructed to propel him to power. This appeal to duty is not done in support of any other specific candidate, including Hillary. This appeal is not partisan in nature. Voting for any of the candidates except for Trump, third party or not, is an option. The validity of this argument is not based on political affiliation, liking or disliking, or on specific policies, or in this case, the lack of policies. The argument justifying the Electoral College acting is based on the noted patterns and traits of a Demagogue manipulating popular sentiment, riding that support into power, then undermining the Democratic Republic, and seizing power as a tyrant. Socrates and Plato wrote about this, history reflected their political theory, and the Founding Fathers added the Electoral College specifically to address the risk of such a threat. Trump exhibits all of the patterns and traits of such a rising Demagogue, and thus so matching the threat that their institution was designed to neutralize, the Electoral College should act and vote against Trump. Trump represents a clear and present danger to the security and prosperity of the United States, an assault upon core and evolved American values and ideals. I believe that your duty is clear upon objective reflection, and I wish you courage, strength, and resolve in fulfilling that duty on Dec 19, when you vote against Donald Trump, and prevent the success of his assault upon our Democracy. We the Voters failed and were unprepared for the supremacist populous movement on Election Day. You can not fail, you are the last steadfast defense and safe guard of Democracy left, and it was for this exact purpose that the Founding Fathers created your institution. Profoundly and Truly, Thank you for fulfilling your service and duty.

In the hours since the election results have come in, I've watched with concern the Democratic party's rudderless response to their loss and their instinctive recoil from pushing toward a more inclusive and representative government. I don't want to have the progress made by Americans (including Ilhan Omar) overshadowed by the regression in national politics. I think its important to reflect and reassess but not overlearn the wrong lessons (like spending even less time and energy and focus on minority voices). More about Ilhan Omar http://www.refinery29.com/2016/11/127541/somali-american-refugee-elected-state-legislature

In 2000 and 2016, the Electoral College decided the Presidential election, not the people. This should change. According to the US Constitution, our state legislatures can help with this.

The newly elected Missouri Governor Eric Greitens has pledged to pass the anti-union Right to Work Law. Right to Work is an attack on all workers, and will erode the standard of living for all Missourians, giving employers all the power over wages, benefits, and working conditions. Facts about 'Right to Work' for Less: - The average worker in 'Right to Work' states earns $6,109 (12.1%) less per year than workers in states without 'Right to Work' legislation. - Median household income in states with these laws is $8,174 (13.9%) less than in other states. - Poverty rates are higher in states with right to work laws (15.3% overall and 21.4% for children), compared with poverty rates of 12.8% overall and 18.0% for children in states without these laws - People under the age of 65 in states with right to work laws are more likely to be uninsured (13.0%, compared with 9.4% in free-bargaining states) - The rate of workplace deaths is 49% higher in states with right to work laws, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Don’t be fooled! As Martin Luther King, Jr. said in 1961, “In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, as ‘right to work.’ It provides no ‘rights’ and no ‘works.’ Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining… We demand this fraud be stopped.” Please sign this petition and share with others. Governor Greitens needs to be stopped!

The intent is to identify those congressmen who oppose the Amendment and target them for a challenge in the 2018 election.

Because we need Hillary Clinton's voice speaking up for the America we love.

When I started this petition I thought there was going to be a proper recess in January - how naive I feel now. Of course the Republicans are planning a false reconvening to deny President Obama his rights til the very end. Please go to change.org and sign this petition. The Electoral College was formed to stop an uninformed population voting in an unacceptable candidate. If Trump isn't that I don't know who would be! https://www.change.org/p/electoral-college-electors-electoral-college-make-hillary-clinton-president-on-december-19?utm_medium=email&utm_source=notification&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&share_context=signature_receipt&recruiter=44457244

The United States is a democracy. The voice of the nation's people is what guides our government through the election process. The United States utilizes an obsolete election system based on the number of congressmen and population density in each state. The Electoral College is a flawed system because a candidate can win by a landslide in one state, and lose by a few thousand votes in another, giving that candidate the most overall votes, and yet the opposing candidate can still win the election because of the way the states are weighted in the Electoral College. This is the second election in recent history where the voters favored one candidate, but the Electoral College appointed the opposing candidate to the presidency. In doing so, our democratic process has failed the citizens of this nation and disempowered the voters in the election process. We, the undersigned, move to change our election system to one where the true majority rules and every vote counts. We wish to see future elections utilize the Popular Vote to elect officials to our country's highest office, and end the use of the Electoral College.

It is evident that several members of Congress have been derelict in their sworn duty to uphold the US Constitution and thus limit the power and balance of the Judicial branch of our Government. That action leaves our nation at risk of the SCOTUS being handicapped in properly keeping a balance of judicial equity. In an emergency situation that requires the SCOTUS make life and death decisions those Congressional members are in fact damaging the constitutional function required for our Democracy to operate in the best interest of the people of the United States of America

I am starting this petition because I want to make our country a better place, and right now people of color, LGBTQ people, women, Muslims, and other marginalized groups are living in fear.

The issue is critical now the new (unified) US government to be sworn in in January intends to proceed with dismantling of Obamacare in first 100 days of the Trump administration. Collection of continuing campaign funding and other resources will be required, and considerable infrastrastructure for campaign needs to be assembled--just when we thought we would be able to relax.

With Islam being the second most populated religion, Muslims still do not get school days off. The Christians, as well as he Jews have been getting days off for their holidays. Being a Muslim, I have had to skip classes in order to celebrate my holiday. I ask on behalf of the 1.6 billion Muslims population on this earth, to give a day off of school for at least one of Islamic holidays.