After the fiasco in Arizona and New York; the failure of Iowans to have an accurate tally; the inability for either party to provide an accurate recount of what broke down in the system; the lack of polling locations; broken machines; incorrect ballots issued and thousands and thousands of eligible Americans struck from databases; systematic suppression, disenfranchisement and misinformation, it has become clear the United States can no longer guarantee its citizens a free and fair election. As a result, an outside observer is required to ensure the democratic process be allowed to take place and if such fraud and suppression continues, an independent body reports it to the people.

The students of Odyssey Community School began this petition because we are directly impacted by this law and we believe that State laws should work to promote equality, not promote discrimination.

Don't like a court ruling? Then change the law! That's what A&B did with HB2501 water rights holdover bill. A&B is the ONLY entity with a fictional "holdover" permit, and this is a special interest bill illegally helping a single company. Don't fall for the A&B PR. It affects nobody but A&B. Nobody else wants it passed. The Court considered this carefully, but the Legislator was inundated with false talking points and most members don't even understand the issue or the bill itself. It is never a good idea to try and overrule a Court decision like this. Protect water users like those in Huelo whose stream is dry and who will face another 3 years of no water if this bill goes into effect.

Fracking is directly responsible for water contamination and other serious health and environmental problems. West Virginians can no longer afford allowing big fuel corporations to make record profits while poisoning our residents. Some are surrounded by gas wells to the extent that the land itself is unusable, some have experienced combustible tap water, and many more are suffering ill health as a result of the fracking industry. It is totally unacceptable for residents to bear this burden, especially when we see virtually none of industry profits. We deserve clean water, air, and soil, as well as safe job sites. West Virginia needs our elected officials to act by banning fracking now.

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The wolf was nearly massacred into extinction, and the Mexican gray wolf is one of the most endangered of the species. The health of the Mexican wolf depends on healthy pack numbers, and the governor and certain representatives of Arizona are allowing special interests to stall and destroy the recovery program.

Showing solidarity with Target in standing for equal rights and protecting dignity for all people.

The American Family Association is calling for a boycott of Target after the retail giant said it would allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that matches their gender identity in their stores. On its web site this week, Target announced, "[W]e welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity. ...Everyone deserves to feel like they belong." This means any transgender individual can now use the restroom that matches their gender identity. Since the American Family Association had started a petition to boycott Target for this policy change, I am calling on you to sign this counter-petition to Shop at Target for the same reason. Take Action Sign a pledge to shop Target now! Target should continue to allow everyone to use restrooms and dressing rooms that matches their gender identity. After you sign the pledge, contact Target and let them know you've signed the pledge. Call Target Guest Relations at 1-800-440-0680. Share your support on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/target. When sharing this on social media use #ShopTarget.

Target recently posted on its blog, "We welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity... Everyone deserves to feel like they belong."2 We need to stand up for transgender people and stand up for those who support transgender people. The AFA pledge to boycott Target currently has over 600,000 signatures. Let us show Target that we stand with them for fair treatment of all of our citizens. As the late Senator Paul Wellstone said, "we all do better when we all do better."

Due to corporate financial game-playing, thousands of Americans are presently living without meds they need; medication they could afford only two and three years ago. Why? Between 2013 and 2015, a recipe of cold-hearted greed stirred in with a giant cup of NO regulations to cap prescription drug prices, created a feeding frenzy for a handful of huge shark-like pharmaceutical companies. Led by Valeant and Turing, they each began to buy up smaller companies, often ones with high quality medications which had been painstakingly developed but were soon to go off-patent; next, Research departments were tossed in the trash to save money, and last, the corporations each seemingly went on a two year Bachanalian tear, maniacally and arbitrarily jacking up prices of their newly acquired drugs by as much as ten times. It was as if they were no longer human, (certainly without hearts), partying in an alternate universe where they completely forgot that in ours, people actually need these drugs to get, or remain healthy. Next, these skyrocketing new prices were/are still inexplicably accepted by Medicare-contracted Health Plans like United Health, who then makes its customers pay the cost; they raise (and accept) our monthly premiums, yet make our drugs inaccessible by requiring that in each new year, just when we need to renew our next prescriptions, we have to initially pay out of pocket until we reach as much as $3,000, (an amount most of us don't have available). This is simply wrong. My personal story? I'm 60 years old, retired on Disability for eight years due to Parkinson's, diagnosed in 1999. In January 2015, a Valeant-owned Parkinson's drug I'd been taking for a number of years (Tasmar) rose to an unaffordable $1800 for a one month's supply, an amount I foolishly didn't question back because I need this drug to be able to move, and was still drinking the Kool-aid with a slogan that said, "This is just what some drugs cost!" I bit back my frustration, and used my credit card to pay my local pharmacy the $1800.00 in three mothly installments. However, in January, 2016, the same 45 pills rose to a surreal $2,259.00. This time I Googled Valeant, discovering that Tasmar's generic, Tolcapone, was also owned by Valeant, and would cost me "only" $1800.00 at Rite Aid, my pharmacy. As it turned out, United Health now preferred that I switch to Tolcapone, recommending me to their "preferred pharmacy" list. The closest was Walgreens, where my generic would cost me a lean $1500.00, which I was expected to be grateful for. This had turned into the Twilight Zone, and I refused to enter it. Instead I began to learn more than I wanted to know about these games being played by the big pharms and insurance companies. I learned that Walgreens had cut a deal with Valeant late last year, and then last month, United Health cut a deal with Walgreens. I'd already started a campaign (and petition) against Valeant, but then they struck again. In March I was prescribed Xyfaxan, a specialized, but highly effective GI antibiotic, soon after advertised during the Superbowl. My GI doctor warned me that Xyfaxan was "sort of expensive" but added that her office might be able to obtain free samples from Salix (now Valeant). She couldn't pull it off, but luckily, my GP did, giving me a two-month supply. The cost to me would have been $650 for one month. What if he hadn't done this? What about everyone else who needs this very useful drug? Why is this legal? Furthermore, why should customers needing their medications have to carry the cost of a pharm's TV advertising? Here's the BIG QUESTION: The FDA imposes rigorous standards before medications are deemed safe enough to be released for public use, yet there is no equivalent regulation or capping of prices which would allow us to afford to buy these same medications. WHY NOT? This is a national crisis and will burden our national budget as we are denied drugs we need and require increased levels of care. This must be addressed through immediate action! Please take notice!

Correct the Record, a pro-Hillary Clinton political action committee (PAC) is falsely reporting Bernie Sanders facebook groups to shut them down. Facebook is where much of the Bernie Sanders movement communicates about event and news events with each other. This is an attempt to STOP FREE SPEECH. THIS IS UNAMERICAN TO THE CORE. AND IT IS ALSO HARASSMENT. The Hillary Clinton PAC's and Campaign is using dirty and immoral tricks to try to crush the voice of the American People in any slimy way possible, in order to pursue her desperate clutch at the presidency. This is unamerican and should be condemned by Clinton. It is also harassment, and illegal cyber-stalking, and is actionable.

We are all full-time students working low-wage jobs, it is time for a change. Have you been affected by minimum wage?