On Friday, our junior Senator declared that he is "crystal clear" that he will not vote to extend middle class tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 -- unless the wealthiest 2% get their own tax cut extension as well. This even though the average Bay Stater only makes about $65,000. He claims it's because he's not just looking out for millionaires and billionaires, but for small business owners, too. But only 3% of small business owners earn over $250,000 and would benefit from this tax break. I am a small business owner, who, like the vast majority of small business owners, makes less than $250,000. Small business owners and the middle class need the tax break extension proposed by the Democrats. And we all need the wealthy to pay their fair share so our schools, roads, and other common goods can be funded. Join me in telling Scott Brown to start looking out for working folks, not just the richest 2%.

The State of Kentucky needs to either stop using electronic voting machines or immediately adapt them to a process that generates a paper record of each vote when the vote is cast. There may not be a problem with the machines at this time, but if a problem does occur, there needs to be a more accountable method for verifying which ballots were cast. By not having a paper record of votes cast, in a case of recount or trouble with the machines, the vote may become subject to question.

This petition is about my right to use the medicine of my choice for my I.B.S. with C and diverticlitus.

Government might default because of possible sequestration. The sequester details cuts from Medicare , housing needs for the poor, food safety, Army, etc. _EXCEPTING the salaries of Congressional lawmakers. These are the very people whose salaries should be cut first and proportionally, as we get closer to the deadlie. These are the very people whose inaction brought the country to the brink last year. It's time to cut Congressional lawmakers' salaries NOW!

Rhode Island residents are urging the state Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Senator Michael McCaffrey to allow a pivotal gay marriage law to move out of his committee and onto a general vote. Rhode Island has been primed for a vote on gay marriage, yet McCaffrey has stalled the process. As a lesbian living in Rhode Island, I am ashamed of RI's current laws on gay marriage and rights especially in light of the rights provided to our closest neighboring states. RI gay and lesbian couples are currently second class citizens and we deserve the same rights and responsibilities as everyone else. Moving this vote forward will be a step in the right direction to correct the current inequality in Rhode Island.

Idaho requires photo ID to vote, but voters can sign an affidavit verifying their identity in lieu of producing photo ID. Votes cast with an affidavit are to be treated as a valid vote rather than a provisional ballot. People at all polls should be informed of this right. All poll workers should be informed of this right and tell all voters at the poll.

The Michigan Legislature with its Emergency Manager Mandate, is in the process of turning our public school system into a privately owned education system, kind of like our current Health Care System. It sounds good at first, but the reality, if we give in to this now, is that soon we will have no say on who is teaching our children or what they are learning. Our taxes are already being diverted to these (some out-of-state) "schools". We have no jurisdiction over a corporation. There has already been talk of doing away with actual school buildings and making the curriculum entirely online. Sign this petition to Governor Rick Snyder telling him we want our taxes to stay with our PUBLIC SCHOOLS. We want to keep our school boards and teachers. We welcome free enterprise corporate controlled schools, but not with our tax dollars, and not as a Government mandate.

Our local Maine neighbor's are urging their state legislature to increase school funding. State aid accounts for nearly half of K-12 education funding, yet Maine has reduced that funding by $468 per student since 2008. Please sign our petition to make our local government understand that we wont take this injustice.

The state of Arkansas needs to stop paperless voting and implement paper records for each vote. We need to see proof/evidence of each vote.

My two sons attend Lowel Elementary School, and I'm concerned that Lowel is about to lose 10 teachers, our only librarian, and all financial support for popular activities. And stop the terrible funding cuts to Lowel School.

Michigan K-12 Schools depend on state funding for 50% of their yearly budgets.Yet, that funding has been cut by more than $500 per student since 2008 while expenses continue to increase. Please sign the petition demanding an increase in school funding for our children.

In an attempt in Iowa to suppress the rights of voters in a last minute bid to turn Iowa Red, Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz passed several questionable rules earlier this summer. A judge has temporarily "frozen" these laws without actually ruling on their merits. The judge stated: The rules "have in fact created confusion and mistrust in the voter registration process," she wrote, and "have created fear that new citizens will lose their right to vote and/or be charged with a felony and caused some qualified voters to feel deterred from even registering to vote." PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION to IOWA ATTORNEY GENERAL TOM MILLER and GOVERNOR BRANSTEAD INFORMING THEM THAT YOU ARE WATCHING THIS ISSUE AND WILL VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE IN NOVEMBER, AND THAT VOTER SUPPRESSION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN IOWA OR AMERICA.