This petition is designed to send a strong message to the obstructionist GOP members of Congress. We wish to put these public servants on notice as their employers, that this behavior must stop now, or expect to be voted out in the next election cycle.

Here in the Northwest, we have mail in ballots for all our elections sent to us weeks in advance, where we can read the issues and vote comfortably at home at our leisure and return by mail or dropping off by a deadline for counting. Sadly, many other states have various rules, times, restrictions, abuse of voters with intimidation, technical issues, faulty machines, long lines outside after working people maybe work all day, disabled, ill, lack transportation, unreasonable ID requirements, etc. Pass a natinal voting standard to be used by all states in future national elections for congress , senate and president, that will encourage voter participation by being more voter friendly with adequate adequate safeguards against abuse of the voters and honesty and accuracy of results that are varifiable .

Please sign to urge the NC General Assembly to repeal Senate Bill 820 - the Clean Energy and Economic Security Act. If ever there was a bill with a categorically fallacious name, this is it. It will provide neither clean energy nor economic security. First, water contamination WILL occur because the shale field actually pierces the aquifer. Drinking water will be laced with carcinogens. Second, because the shale deposits in Chatham, Lee and Moore counties contain natural gas reserves of less than five years, as estimated by the NC State geologist, the alleged economic boom will usher in a bust within five years. Moreover, fewer than 400 jobs per year will be provided, and most of these will be filled with wildcatters from other fracking states. Fracking is a 24-7 nightmare. There is non-stop noise; entire roads are destroyed; entire communities are disrupted. Please repeal Senate Bill 820. Keep NC frack-free.

Constitutional Amendment - Corporations are not people and they can not donate. Only people can donate.

If we don't take huge steps to stop CLIMATE CHANGE, it will be too late to build energy solutions. My students started Kids 4 Hydrogen to get 55,000 Californians to sign a wait list to purchase hydrogen fuel cell cars in the year 2015. By getting people to agree to purchase a car (no obligation or money down), we can build the hydrogen infrastructure needed to fuel these cars. More info at www.kids4hydrogen.org.

Even Mitt Romney admits it. In his concession speech, he said: "At a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering. Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work." House Speaker John Boehner said "If there is a mandate, it is a mandate for both parties to find common ground and take steps together to help our economy grow and create jobs." However, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell had this to say: "The voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the president's first term. They have simply given him more time to finish the job they asked him to do together" with a balanced Congress."

In order to avoid any future presidential candidate who has NOT received the popular vote from getting in office, the archaic electoral college (EC) system should be replaced with a more modern, efficient system. When the EC first came in to existence, times were very different and the transfer of information was far slower and inefficient; today information transfer is immediate and it is time to revise our voting process.

As a veteran of the US Armed Forces, I've watched, especially over the last decade, our US Constitution take a real beating with government policies that undermine, disintegrate and flat remove basic human rights guaranteed to US citizens by our Constitution. As a veteran who took an oath to defend and protect the United States of America and her Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, the lack of regard for our Constitution by elected officials in every branch of government - executive: the president and vice-president, legislative: the US Senate and House of Representatives and judicial: the Supreme Court and all other courts of law - is beyond appalling. These elected and appointed governing individuals take the same oath of service upon taking office, yet they are not upholding that oath by selling out to special corporate interests to the detriment, risk and danger of US citizens who elect them to office. One such horrible judicial decision granted "personhood" to corporations. Corporations are concerned with profit, often at great human cost as we increasingly see in our country today. We must restore our Constitution to it's full authority as the law of the land. And the elected and appointed officials who swear an oath to protect and defend the USA and its Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic need to be reminded - upon pain of being removed from office - that their oath of service is not just a string of words to be ignored for personal gain of power or profit. That oath is a sacred trust to the people of the United States of America.

I heard last night in election coverage "2 years & 2 billion dollars later." A president in their first term has to spend the second half of their term campaigning to try be re-elected. This petition is about presidential election reform. It's a circus.

Failing infrastructure is one of the biggest problems facing America. The experts say that investing in our infrastructure will not only improve public safety, but will create jobs which in turn improves our economy. I don't want our children and grandchildren to inherit an America that is literally fallling to pieces. The President has said we must "hold his feet to the fire." It is by demanding what we need for our country that we give Obama the support he needs to stand up to those who will continue to obstruct the President from making progress on this and other issues important for America. Please join us in insisting that our infrastructure is a priority issue for the American people.

The people of the State of California have been blatantly lied to with false advertisements created by the corporations (Monsanto, DuPont, Dow and others) that largely funded the NO on Prop 37 Campaign. The research provided in these false advertisements is not verifiable, and the facts are not facts. The collapse of support, and failure to pass Proposition 37, is an obvious and direct result of the funding of the negative campaign that confused and jaded voters.

National Grid and Long Island Power Authority’s (LIPA) preparedness and response to Hurricane Sandy have been completely unacceptable. Poor pre-planning has led to over 50 electrical substations going offline and left more than 1 million customers without power. Surely these substations could have been located, built, and/or protected better. Poor response is evident in that initial time frames for repair were given as "7-10 days", and then later bumped to "10-15 days". Over 150,000 customers are still without power a full nine days after the storm. Many are being told, “It could be at least another week”. Calls to customer service provide no estimated repair times for particular addresses, and as of November 7th they are no longer accepting calls. A message just simple says, “Due to the high call volume we cannot assign you a representative. Please try again later.” To boot, LIPA’s text alert system is not functioning as well. The fact that LIPA had to bring in thousands of out of state works also speaks volumes to their level of preparedness. Also, the fact that more than 1,500 non-union workers were turned away is simply appalling. With temperatures dropping and gasoline lines growing, harm that comes to people and their homes now falls on LIPA’s shoulders. For the highest power rates in the country, this is simply unacceptable. Please sign if you agree.