• Stop the next Kim Davis of voting rights
    These two West Virginia county clerks could be the next Kim Davises of voting rights. Kanawha County Clerk Vera McCormick and Cabell County Clerk Karen Cole have rejected at least 1,300 online voter registrations. Now, would-be voters have to sign paper affidavits and snail mail them back -- defeating the entire purpose of online registration. McCormick and Cole say they're worried about fraud, -- but online voter registration is actually much safer than the old-fashioned way. In a Pew study, officials in seven states that've tried it "highlighted reduced opportunities for fraud as a major benefit of online voter registration." And since anyone who fakes their online registration can forge a signature too, these clerks aren't even making the process safer. They're just wasting time that potential voters don't have -- since anyone who wants to vote in the state's primary election needs to be registered by April 19th. We can't let these self-proclaimed voting vigilantes disenfranchise eligible voters with needless bureaucratic obstacles. West Virginia's online voter registration system is a huge step forward for voters that these clerks should be cheering as public officials. Sign your name and tell them their job is to make it easier -- not harder -- for Americans to make themselves heard at the polls.
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    Created by Jack Mumby
  • Close The Medicaid Gap
    Because people I know are not able to afford health insurance and are penalized on their Federal taxes and they fall into the hole where they do not qualify for Medicaid. These are good, hard-working people who are at risk in case of illness.
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    Created by Karen Sayko
  • SAVE and PROTECT Trident Academy property as permanent OPEN SPACE for our Mt. Pleasant community
    The community of Mt. Pleasant will lose almost 10 acres of beautiful, open and recreational space because the Trident Academy property has been sold to a developer who plans to construct 19 homes starting this fall. We must insist that our town government follow through on its promise to protect and preserve open/recreational space by recognizing the immense quality-of-life benefits this property provides our families. We urge them to vote against its re-zoning and purchase it for the town.
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    Created by Sara Frankel
  • Stop DHHS proposed cuts to Section 65 and Section 28
    I am the mother of a 14-year-old son who is nonverbal with autism. I cannot begin to tell you how important these services have been in helping my son progress towards being able to communicate with his family, friends, and community and manage his behaviors. We must speak on the behalf of these vulnerable children, and ensure they get the services they so greatly need. If these cuts are passed, more and more providers are going to close their doors and the burden will fall back on our public schools. These services are vital to ensuring these children get the help they need to gain skills that will help them become more independent by the time they reach adulthood. Without these services, what will become of them?
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    Created by Pamela Cummings
  • No More Offshore Tax Havens
    We demand no more tax havens for the wealthy. Make them pay their fair share of taxes.
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    Created by Patrick Keiser
  • Pass Maryland Senate Bill 235 (SB0235)
    SB0235 would allow state's attorneys to introduce evidence and testimony in a criminal trial regarding a defendant's history of sexual violence. This change to Maryland law would allow state's attorneys to be more effective in prosecuting serial sexual predators.
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    Created by Rebecca Courtright
  • We NEED Cheaper AND Healthier Lunch Options!
    At the start of this year, Waterford Union High School elected to opt out of the state's lunch program requirements, which automatically meant that they would no longer receive state funding to help offset the cost of food. As a result, food options have been a lot more unhealthy and more expensive. Wait a minute, junk food for more money? What?!? A decent lunch with an entree and milk is now about $5 a lunch ($5*5days*4weeks=$100/month) when it used to be about $3.50 a lunch ($3.50*5days*4 weeks = $70/month). That is a rough 42.8℅ increase compared to what it was before. Also, the excess money accumulated is used to help profit the school and cover free and reduced lunches, which have now been reduced to a mere side salad, slice of pizza, or hamburger with a carton of milk. There is no longer a salad bar, which used to offer fruits and vegetables. Even though I will not go there next year, let's show Waterford that this isn't the desirable option for our wallets or for our children. Sign this petition!
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    Created by Joelle O'Connor
  • Come on, VT! 12 weeks Paid Parental Leave!
    Falling behind San Francisco and New York, Vermont should consider bringing in mandatory 12 week paid parental leave. With the Child Care shortage around our state, many child care facilities are asking parents to pay to hold spots until they're ready to go back to work. Now we have to take a cut in our pay, continue to pay our bills and pay for child care before we go back to work? Stop this nonsense and become the progressive state we know you are!
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    Created by Margaret Carrera
  • Access to the real world for disabled Americans
    I have been in a manual wheelchair for more than twenty years due to a degenerative condition that has made it necessary to move to a powered wheelchair. After more than two years of fighting with the State of Arkansas' Medicaid program for authorization, I finally received a powered wheelchair this past Christmas Eve. It is Invacare's top of the line M 41 Pronto with "Sure-Step," it retails for six thousand dollars, and it is inadequate for navigating the real world. It has less than two inches of ground clearance and gets stuck three out of every four times trying to get over the 3/4" high threshold of my front door. It cannot make it over cracks in the sidewalk to take my trash from my apartment to the dumpster. When the hard plastic drive wheels are even just a little bit damp, they spin uselessly. It should have come with a membership in an auto club because it leaves me feeling as though I will need to call for a tow truck every time I leave my home in it. We disabled have legal rights that are being denied by Medicare and Medicaid and those programs need to be made to comply with the A.D.A.
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    Created by Benjamin Taylor
  • Pledge to VOTE OUT ANY SUPER-DELEGATE who pledges their vote to Hillary Clinton after Bernie Sand...
    An Open Letter to All Super-delegates, On behalf of America's voters, As a firm believer in the power and goodness of American democracy, especially when it is given free reign, unimpeded by the corrupting influences of corporate financing or backroom power-politics, we implore you to use your Super-delegate status to back, and declare for, Bernie Sanders, should he win the popular vote in any Democratic primary. As we now know, a number of elected Democratic officials have promised their support to Hillary Clinton regardless of, and in opposition to, their constituents’ wishes and those constituents’ majority votes for Sanders. These are officials elected by The People, and who now defy the People’s mandate, presumably reflecting unknown and unknowable backroom deals and DNC favors, and in clear violation of their oath to carry out The People’s Will. In light of emerging coverage of dubious financial collusion between the National DNC and many (33) states’ Democratic Party chapters, we ask, even respectfully demand, that you honor the will of America’s voters in this most important caucus and election process, so that true Democracy prevails. Please continue to stand with the American voter, and we will continue to stand with you. Sincerely – America's Voters
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    Created by Kevin Crawford
  • Not another Walmart in Spanish fork
    Spanish Fork does not need another Walmart, even a Neighborhood Market, at 2550 East and US Highway 6, Spanish Fork, UT, This is a duplication of services that is within 3 miles of itself. This is unnecessary, and it shows poor judgment on Walmart's part to think that after closing more than 100 Walmarts around the country in January 2016, that Spanish Fork would allow them to expand further.
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    Created by David Wilson
  • Colorado Superdelegates: Be fair to your constituents.
    On March 1st, despite overloaded caucus locations in counties with strong support for Bernie Sanders, Bernie recorded a 58% victory over Hillary. Yet, after adding in the "super" delegates from Colorado, it was a split decision. This is not the way democracy is supposed to work. Leaders should listen to their constituents. We are watching.
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    Created by Garrett Sullivan