As an American I am promised that our votes count however in this Democratic Primary there are consistent reports of rampant tampering with voter supression i.e hundreds of thousands of voters being removed from the voter rolls, voters party affiliation being changed without their consent so they cannot vote, polling places reduced significantly so voters have to wait for hours resulting in voters leaving before casting a vote and lastly an overall tone of helplessness replaces the goodwill of true democracy. I am starting this petition because there are already reports of voters in California saying their party affiliation is being changed and the Primary is only weeks away. So I am calling on The United Nations as an EMERGENCY REQUEST to aid us American citizens in being able to carry out one of our immutable rights... Our right to vote for whom WE THE PEOPLE CHOOSE.

The developer of the proposed retail and housing development that surrounds the new light rail station in Capitol Hill is currently trying to recruit a Portland-based, non-union grocer called "New Seasons Market" to fill its space. Central Co-Op is better suited to fill the space as it originated in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, but the developer will not hear the co-op's requests to fill the space. Sign the petition to stand with workers in support of local businesses that share our values!

Unfairness to mental patients unpay everybody else's rent if they go to hospital pay mine toooo please make this correct

Unfair discrimination target age kids students age discrimination

It encourages usage of the drug and it's drug pusher gets a pass unfair and unethical

Because we are heading to hell as a nation

Too many people are being taken off medicine that gives them their only quality of life, only due to government involvement. Pain management by physicians is much safer and helps these people with the only quality of life they can get. Most patients of pain management are held to strict policy agreements including drug testing, pill counts, monthly visits and trying to find alternative treatments, which are often painful and do not help. We are patients, not addicts, and should be treated with respect. When will our lives matter? When more people die trying to live?

We have nothing but respect for our Secretary of State in California, Alex Padilla. However, it is his office where voter records can be switched from valid to invalid, and by extrapolation, one party to another. Further, it has been demonstrated that voting machines are hackable. Finally, the voting rules are complicated and potentially confusing to the decent citizen pulled off the street to run the polling stations and errors are made that can cancel votes. These are just some of the risks in running a fair and just election. The Secretary of State's office is responsible for the election process and accountable to the people in this great State of California - a beacon to the nation and the world. Mr. Secretary, you are on notice. As Citizens, we are called upon to watch.

For all of us, tuition rates have been astronomically increasing. Working families are struggling to send their children to college as they work longer hours while their wages stay the same. I am in one of those working families. My dad is an immigrant, a small business owner who provides jobs to our community. I have worked at the Portuguese consulate, I have worked in political campaigns, and throughout my career I have worked legally, and havecontributed my fair share of taxes. And yet, there are some who wish to deny my family the opportunity to send their child to college. At the University of Rhode Island, out-of-state tuition would mean an additional cost of over $16,000 per year. An unfair and unjust burden. We are Rhode Islanders and Americans as much as you and your families are. We are all trying to make a better life, which are contributing economically, to this great state of ours. With the passage of H7374, myself along with hundreds of others will not have to worry about a future administration rescinding tuition equity in Rhode Island, as it would then be codified in law. Read the full bill text here: http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText16/HouseText16/H7374.pdf

One out of every three women is sexually assaulted in their lives. I am one of them. We need to help victims of rape and sexual assault and not blame them for what has happened.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture just gave the green light to a genetically-modified mushroom that... stays whiter? This is a foolish use of GMO technology, and yet another example of how high-minded GMO rhetoric falls flat in light of more common vanity applications. Now, the product is headed to the FDA for review. As the agency dedicated to protecting citizens from potentially unhealthy or even dangerous products, the FDA has a responsibility to fully test these mushrooms before they go to market. Tell the FDA: This genetically-modified mushroom should not be approved for sale until the health and ecological impacts have been fully tested.

My step daughter was raped at a party because she was drunk and passed out. It was still rape! Rape victims go without reporting crimes because of laws such as this that make them ALWAYS the victim because the criminal act isn't dealt with and NOW has been deemed not criminal. We talk about protecting our women and children from criminal acts yet we allow things such as this law to be put into effect. All this does is re-victimize individuals who have been violated. If this were your mother, sister, aunt or daughter would you still feel the same? But also, women aren't the only victims. Many men and boys are molested and raped just like women. What if this happened to you? Would you still feel the same about this law? What if it happened to your son? Let's blast this craziness right back off the books!