I am opposed to any shutdown of the federal government. The federal government is essential to the functioning of our country. It provides necessary social programs, health care and retirement and disability compensation. When the government shut down before, it affected me personally because essential government services were not available to me and members of my family.

Martha Coakley is the Democratic Party nominee for governor despite getting less than half the votes! Would she have won in a 2-person race? Candidates are frequently elected with fewer than 50% of the votes, often because the majority was split among competing candidates with relatively similar positions. In 2000, more people voted for Al Gore and Ralph Nader than did for George Bush. Many people feel that votes for other than the two frontrunners are "thrown away". Those votes should count! Requiring a majority, assuring us another chance in the absence of that majority, would encourage us to vote for our first choice, even if that candidate is a "long shot". A runoff system could encourage more voting by people who now believe their vote doesn't matter.

Demand that Gov. Scott stop his unlawful hunt for non-citizen voters in Florida. This is a right & a privilege as an American Citizen!

Recently the state of Georgia enabled liquor stores to open on Sundays without having to sell food. In order for a restaurant or bar that sells food to be open on Sunday their food sales (for the year) have to account for more than 50% of their total sales. Restaurants and bars that sell food often have to drastically reduce the prices of the drinks that contain alcohol in order to meet that requirement. This in turn lowers sales, profits and possible tax revenue.

I 'M DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR CHARLES A. BROWN IV TO BRING RESOLUTION AND CLOSURE TO THE BROWN FAMILY. WE ARE DEEPLY SADENED BY THIS SENSELESS BRUTAL MURDER. THE FAMILY FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY ARE SADDENED BY THIS TRAGEDY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUFFERED A GREAT LOSS AND A LEGEND. WE WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO POLICE CRIMES, HOLD POLICEMEN ACCOUNTABLE AND TAKE THE LID OFF THE CODE OF SILENCE AMONGST THE POLICE DEPARMENT AND THEIR AGENCIES. STOP THIS GENOCIDE! ! & POLICE BRUTALITY !!

Homelessness is gripping the country in the wake of the great recession. The Honolulu City Council is indicating that it'd rather support the Hawaii Tourism Authority than the Hawaiians who have been devastated by the recession. Let's send a message that people come before tourism.

Goodell has lied about the circumstances surrounding his mismanagement and "double-jeopardy" actions regarding the Ray Rice matter. He has been reactionary and overly influenced by the public relations opportunities of prior matters (proposing a "potty-mouth" rule for players; proposing an extension of extra-points that would create a manifest change in the way the game is played; punishing players to a harsher degree than coaches, owners and other non-playing personnel).

A new report by Forecast the Facts shows companies like eBay, Ford, Google, Microsoft, and UPS are among the companies that have contributed $641 million to climate deniers in Congress since 2008. These companies want us to believe that they’re on the right side of climate history — and now we’ll give them a chance to prove it. Help #DisruptDenial today: Tell U.S. businesses to stop donating to politicians who lie to voters about climate change. MORE INFORMATION: "#DisruptDenial: How Big Business is funding climate change deniers in the 113th Congress and why they should stop," Forecast the Facts, September 8, 2014 http://bit.ly/1xE9GU4

Let us learn from the past and never forget. In 1941, without a trial or charges of wrong-doing, over 2,300 Japanese Americans living in Hawai‘i were arrested and detained in county jails, prisons and internment camps like Honouliuli. For the past ten years, the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i has worked to preserve the historical site, document the experiences of the former internees and teach the lessons of the Japanese American internment. Honouliuli is a reminder of our civil rights and our shared responsibility to uphold the Constitution for all people, at all times.

I would like to petition for 9/11th to be a national day of remembrance. Too many people lost their lives that day and they mourn as we do for the lives lost on that horrifying day. We have a memorial of 9/11. So I don't understand why it hasn't been a national day of remembrance. We already have a memorial day and that I understand but this was during our lifetime 13 years ago. We had people who lived here and all over the world that lost their lives that day and the families still mourn over them and people that didn't even know the ones who died still mourn over that day and this is why I would like to petition this to be a national day of remembrance day. It needs to be a day for people to have off of work and off of schools so they can have it as a historical day.

Senator Ted Cruz does not seem to care if there is a government shutdown. A government shutdown hurts the United States and its citizens.

GoFundMe is a popular online fundraising site where you can raise money for personal projects or issues you care about. Lots of people use it to help pay for expensive medical emergencies. But GoFundMe just announced a new policy that restricts people from raising money to help pay for an abortion. You know what else GoFundMe restricts raising money for? Terrorism, violence, and drugs. That's right, they consider abortion in the same category as terrorism and violence. Abortion is standard medical care that one in three women needs. They don’t need stigma, shame, or judgment. Sign the petition to tell GoFundMe to take abortion off its list of banned content.