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Protect SOCIAL SECURITY and MEDICARE.To protect what workers have paid for throughout their careers.55 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Aurelia Ogles
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Ban Leaf Blowers in Madison!Leaf blowers are an unnecessary nuisance. Spreading airborne particles and creating 70-decibel noise levels at 50 ft., at the very least leaf blowers need regulation. Cities in California, New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois, and Texas (just to name a few) have either enacted outright bans or restricted these pollution-creating devices. The progressive community of Madison needs to follow suit in saving the ears and lungs of its residents.96 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Sara DeGregoria
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Change Grand Jury ProcessMy grandson was murdered by a police officer and in the jury process the prosecutor presented the members of the jury with instructions that would guarantee the aquital of the officer. Jury members should be able the question the prosecutor about facts and events the lead the officer the make a personal judgement that could possible lead to unjust excessive force or death of innocent people or a preceived sense of danger.104 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Dearrea King
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Stop Standardized TestsPlease encourage our elected officials to stop the testing wars. We need highly qualified teachers teaching and enriched curriculum, not stressed-out teachers teaching to the test.18 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Brittany Smithson
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Tell Mark Zuckerberg to make it easy for us to protect our friends and family from manipulators a...Facebook spies on us almost everywhere we go on the Internet. It even tracks where we move and what we do in the real world. This shouldn’t be a surprise. From the start, Mark Zuckerberg said he built Facebook not to keep people connected but to "get access to information about anyone." Facebook then sells that information to corporations and bad actors that want to trick us into buying things we don’t want, even to voting in ways we never intended. That’s their business model. That’s how they make so much money. Zuckerberg now says he wants to "do more to keep us safe” from surveillance and exploitation. But Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram are not living up to this promise. They could give us a “one-click” option to escape the targeting that’s at the heart of their manipulation machine. Instead, they hide their privacy controls in a hall of mirrors that makes it almost impossible to protect our families and communities. Tell Mark Zuckerberg to make it simple for us to protect ourselves from manipulators and scammers. Sign the petition: “Mark, we won't be your product any longer. Facebook must give us the choice to turn off targeting with one click.”48 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Sarah Miller
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Special Olympics needs Coach Jon JohnsonI personally know many of the Special Olympic athletes and they have all been affected by the action of removing Coach Jon from the Polk County Special Olympics team. He gave his time and support while participating as a coach and during his off time, he always made himself available to the athletes. Not many coaches donate this much time and support to the athletes.72 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Glory Thompson
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No Wi-Fi Tower on Charlemont's scenic Legate Hill Rd.My wife Godeliève Richard, who lives on Legate Hill near the proposed site, developed microwave sickness in 2010. There are now more than 350,000 people receiving disability payments for this condition in Sweden alone. Property values near cell towers have been shown to drop 10 - 20%. Pollinators, children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to the 24X7 increase in microwave radiation exposure this would create. On March 28, scientists reviewing the National Toxicology Program’s 25 million dollar rat study concluded that there is “clear evidence” linking microwave radiation to the development of cancer. There are now more than 25,000 studies dating back to those by the U.S. Navy in the 1970’s linking this exposure to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, tree damage, DNA damage, oxidative stress, behavior and attention issues, sleep problems, pollinator decline, Autism, decreased sperm count, and more. Research and resources: ehtrust.org and hilltownhealth.org175 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Jonathan Mirin
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Ban Plastic Bottles, Utensils & Straws from SMC CampusThe Environmental Sector of Compassionate Santa Monica aligned with Earth Day Network Educational Campaign: A World Without Plastic Pollution--which is mobilizing compassionate citizens across the globe to bring about a new level of consciousness and change around plastics pollution. The world must perceive plastics not only as an environmental challenge of global proportions but as a marker of the human values that must change in order to build a more sustainable and just world. Scientific research reveals the adverse impact plastics have on Public Health.58 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Compassionate Santa Monica
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Budget Chairs @PhilTing and @HollyJMitchell: Please fund #OpenSource #PaperBallot Voting!Ever since presidential election controversies in Florida ('00) and Ohio ('04), there have been grave concerns about the integrity of proprietary voting systems from corporate vendors. The 2017 DEF CON security conference called them a “national security threat”. Open-Source Paper Ballot Voting Systems are more secure and transparent. And, after one county develops a system, the whole state could use it for free. That’s why Assemblymember David Chiu and Senator Scott Wiener, working with the California Clean Money Campaign, submitted a state budget request for $8 million in matching funds to help counties develop them. Assembly Budget Chair Phil Ting and Senate Budget Chair Holly Mitchell are key to this funding. Ask them to fund open-source voting now!1,525 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by California Clean Money Campaign
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Travel forward in Time to help Renew NBC's time travel tv series TimelessNow ending it's second season, the fans of the series have shared numerous posts and with help from creator Eric Kripke have started fighting the network to make sure NBC renews the series for a 3rd season. With the signing of this petition we shall be assured that NBC will see it and know that the fans still care about the tv show and that we are desperate in getting this new season we are fighting for.299 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Jamie
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Ban Plastic Bottles, Utensils & Straws from SMMUSDThe Environmental Sector of Compassionate Santa Monica aligned with Earth Day Network Educational Campaign: A World Without Plastic Pollution--which is mobilizing compassionate citizens across the globe to bring about a new level of consciousness and change around plastics pollution. The world must perceive plastics not only as an environmental challenge of global proportions but as a marker of the human values that must change in order to build a more sustainable and just world. Scientific research reveals the adverse impact plastics have on Public Health.81 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Compassionate Santa Monica
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Hydrogen Fluoride at Husky Energy Oil Refinery Could Have killed us AllI live here and learned in 2011 how deadly this chemical, if released, would be to workers, to the environment, and to the entire community within 25 miles. The low- hanging cloud could put 180,000 people in the Twin Ports area at risk of injury or death. Hydrogen fluoride is still being used at this refinery even though the management was told 8 years ago that other safer technologies existed. Husky Energy owes it to us as citizens to explain why this refinery is continuing to put at risk the workers, the environment, and all of us across the Twin Ports area.33 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Patricia Richard-Amato