This petition is to raise awareness of this opportunity to register young people to vote on March 24. Increasing voter registration among our youth should increase the chance that we can change the Congress and the state legislatures to Blue!

Lobbyists from Handy, an online gig economy platform, are trying to rush through a bill that would give them - and other online platforms - special treatment when it comes to how they treat their workers. Georgia lawmakers are only in session until March 29th, so we need to act now to stop this bill! A similar bill in Florida recently passed after less than 10 minutes of discussion by lawmakers , and in Tennessee it has passed both houses even though the Senator behind the called the gig economy the "gigabyte economy" in his testimony. Similar bills have already been introduced in 9 states by Handy, a company that just announced a partnership with Walmart, has the same lobbyist as Uber, and is facing five lawsuits for employee misclassification. The bill allows gig economy companies to treat workers as independent contractors, even if they don't receive the benefits of being an independent contractor, such as setting their own rates. Independent contractors should be just that -- independent. And if a worker doesn’t receive the benefits of being independent, they should receive the rights and protections of being an employee. Handy is pushing this legislation because it will save them from the lawsuits they are facing in five states for employee misclassification. Handy CEO Oisin Hanrahan is on record saying that changing the laws "would definitely help with some of the litigation that's in play." Lawmakers should be looking for solutions to extend rights and benefits to gig workers, not trying to save tech companies from lawsuits. There is a long history of excluding domestic workers from rights and protections, which is rooted in the legacy of slavery. Workers' voices need to be heard in these debates, but instead lawmakers are only listening to those like Handy lobbyist and venture capitalist Bradley Tusk. Tusk recently confessed that Handy chose Georgia and other states to introduce these bills because they believe they can pass them faster here than in states with stronger labor protections. With Handy pushing these bills across 9 states, we have a chance to stop the legislation in Georgia, stand up for workers, and be an example for the rest of the country. Sign today to tell your state legislators that Handy shouldn’t get special treatment. Sources: http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/03/12/florida-lawmakers-approve-last-minute-change-on-behalf-of-powerful-lobbyist/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/19/594792952/in-push-for-convenience-walmart-wants-to-help-shoppers-assemble-furniture-mount- http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/14/news/economy/handy-gig-economy-workers/index.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-10/it-s-a-new-game-for-uber-drivers-if-new-york-passes-this-law

Stop casting blame. We are a country united.

We live in a rural area that has about 1300 families. A 7500 to 10,000 hog CAFO May soon be building their CAFO 2 miles from our and other families Homes. These facilities must be stopped from multiplying to other rural areas and states. They also can spread diseases to humans.

Making Virginia a better place to live for everyone.

Ensure a fair separation for Rev. Moore and begin healing of our Beloved Community. SUGGESTED READING: https://www.uuworld.org/articles/uua-leaders-alarmed-conflicts

-Evaluating teachers based on student results on tests and other student assessments that were never designed to rate educators is neither a scientifically or educationally sound way to be used for a Measure of Student Learning portion of a teacher's rating. -The Measure of Teacher Practice portion of teacher evaluations is subjective and highly unfair, particularly in NYC where the Danielson Framework has been used not to help teachers grow as professionals but as a weapon to frighten teachers into teaching to score points on arbitrary rubrics in multiple unnecessary classroom observations. We demand the repeal Education Law 3012-c and 3012-d and the return of teacher evaluation to local districts, free from state mandates. For more information, go to: http://iceuftblog.blogspot.com/2018/03/petition-to-repeal-nys-teacher.html http://iceuftblog.blogspot.com/2018/03/uft-lobbies-in-albany-saying-nyc.html

Occidental College's 2018 commencement theme is aimed at celebrating women's leadership, yet one of the speakers is a board member who refused to believe student survivors of sexual assault, bullied activists, and physically assaulted an Oxy grad. She does not adequately represent the celebration of women in leadership, therefore we do not want her to speak at graduation. http://www.theoccidentalweekly.com/news/2016/01/01/allies-trustees-clash-over-college-policy-2/2883645 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/occidental-trustees-break-ins-investigation_n_5276222

Who lives in the Dade City/San Ann Area because they one day dreamed a Solar Plant would be in their backyard? No one! This is our town, our background a tranquil place where we want to settle. People build dream houses here and families, not a giant Solar Plant that requires a special exemption permit from TECO to change the zoning from 'Agricultural'. 350 acres of beautiful agricultural land will be destroyed and the natural habitat for many of the state's wildlife will be destroyed. Stop this project that is empowering big business over the people.

Osceola County Officials have not solved the murder nor charged anyone. The emails received by the mother of the victim shows complete lack of interest in solving this murder.

Hate, bigotry, ignorance, racism and anti-Semitism must be confronted everywhere it appears, especially when it comes from an elected government official.

I recently found out Twinkies have a small amount of beef fat. As a result, I will never eat twinkies again, as I do not consume red meat (for health and religious reasons), and I've only had 2 twinkies in my entire life, and that was, like, 7 years ago, but I still want Hostess to remove beef fat from their twinkies. So I can eat twinkies again, as it will make twinkies barely healthier, and boost their popularity in India, Nepal, and Buddhist neighborhoods. So, support the petition to remove beef fat from twinkies