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31. Open Letter to Dr. Paul on how much FINANCIAL SUPPORT YOU HAVE TO BECOME PRESIDENT!!! 
This petition is to prove that the financial support exists for Dr. Ron Paul to become the 44th President of These United States of America.
Should he decide to run on an independent ticket then this petition and its signers shall support that ticket completely!
32. Zimbabwe: Restore Democracy and Foreign Aid
The government of Zimbabwe is giving its impoverished citizens a stark choice: Vote for President Robert Mugabe in the upcoming election — or starve.
Millions rely on food aid in Zimbabwe, but yesterday the regime ordered that foreign aid organizations cease operations. The Zimbabwean government's own food aid programs are now the only source of sustenance for much of the population.
There is solid evidence that in order to receive food aid from the government, Zimbabweans must first show their party registration cards.
If they have a card from Mugabe's ruling party they can have access to food, but if they only have opposition cards they must turn over their national identification cards in order to receive the food they need.
The government holds onto the cards until after the June 27 election — meaning opposition party members will not be able to identify themselves when they go to vote.
The SNP government's u-turn on student debt.
34. Stop abuses by the government of ARMENIA
The Government of President Kocharian has revealed its authoritarian and criminal nature, ordering regular Army and Special Forces to violently curb peaceful protest in streets of Yerevan.
The tensions started with the presidential election on Feb. 19, the fifth since Armenia gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. It pitted a political insider, the current prime minister and the close ally of the current President Robert Kocharyan, Serge Sargsyan, against Levon Ter-Petrossian, a prominent politician who was the country’s first elected president and who, according to unbiased and independent exit polls, has won the elections.
While Mr. Ter-Petrossian, put up a real opposition with an assertive campaign, the rest of the election conformed completely to the old Soviet standards; voting lists were artificially extended, votes were bought, voters intimidated, television coverage was embarrassingly skewed, big men in large cars bossed vote counters. As a result, the party in power stayed in power, with 52 percent of the vote.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which deployed about 350 observers, concluded that 16 percent of the count was “bad” or “very bad.” At one polling station, a quarter of all ballots were declared invalid. In another, all but one of 1,449 voters in a set of polling stations was for Mr. Sargsyan. Addressing the recommendations of international observers and popular protests on the results of the elections the State Election Authorities have conducted recount completely in accordance with orders received from the current authorities.
Since 20th of February the majority of people of Armenia, has been expressing its protest and revolt against the officially announced results of presidential elections by organizing peaceful gatherings, rallies, hunger strikes and non-stop demonstration in Yerevan. On 1st of March at 06:30 a.m. Special Forces violently dispersed several thousands of peaceful protesters on the Freedom Square of Yerevan. As eyewitnesses are reporting two protesters were killed by Special Forces, many of protesters were severely beaten; some opposition leaders were arrested and charged with irrelevant criminal cases. The leader of opposition, the main challenger for the Presidency Mr. Levon Ter-Petrossian, has been isolated by police forces and put under the house arrest.
On the same day about 250 000 thousands of protestors, including women, teenagers and elderly from different circles of the society, gathered on the square in front of French, Italian and Russian Embassies and the City Council. People were seeking the support of international democratic communities in their fight for justice. Regrouping later in response of offensive actions by police and military forces, demonstrates used buses as barricades. Some cars were set on fire. Lootings, which were reported by official sources and attributed to opposition, in fact were initiated by Governmental Special Forces, which is thoroughly documented by different eyewitnesses and reporters.
Around 22:00 the Special Forces and regular Army troops, which were deployed around the demonstration venue, attacked the people using tracer bullets and live cartridge, tear-gas, heavy military vehicles.
As the result of clashes 8 persons are reported dead by official structures. About 130 persons are injured and hospitalized. According to the information received from families the death toll is much higher. At the same time Authorities, in their attempt to hide the killing of two protesters during the seizure of Freedom Square, put their names in the list of people who were killed during the evening events. For hiding the real causes of death authorities are refusing to give bodies of victims to their families.
“Addressing” the violence initiated by the government the current President Mr. R. Kocharian has declared the State of Emergency in Yerevan and used this opportunity for the arrests and repressions against political opposition members, as well as for imposing restrictions on basic human rights and freedoms of the people of Armenia in a scale that reminds years of Joseph Stalin rule.
About 300 persons are already arrested; some relatives of Mr. Levon Ter-Petrossian, irrelevant to their occupation, are amongst them. All above mentioned is factually correct and can be easily proved.
35. Vatican-Revoke Cardinal Njue's Appointment
Cardinal Njue:
-Openly supported PNU and Kibaki's policies.
-Has been against all ODM policies.
-Remained mum on the flawed electoral process.
-Failed to issue a way forward or issue a statement recommending a quick resolution to the current crisis.
Some International human rights campaigners have alleged Kenya's police are carrying out an unofficial "shoot to kill" policy. Cardinal Njue has not condemned this policy.
36. Fresh elections after Kenya vote rigging
I wish to dispute the just concluded General elections in Which Mwai KIbaki was declared president of Kenya. The election was marred by rigging at the final stage of tallying.
The announced results at the polling stations for about 48 out of 210 constituencies differed from the real results.
When asked about the same, the chairman of the Kenya electoral commission says he is not sure if Mwai Kibaki WON.
37. Kenya's Flawed/Rigged Election On 27 Dec 2007
Mr. Kibaki must step down and give way for Mr. Raila A. Odinga - the people's president because Kibaki is in the office illegally and has imposed himself on Kenyans.
Even though Kenya has struggled to gain democratic space, the behavior of Mr. Kibaki takes Kenya years back into colonial era.
The evidence does not need more corroboration since:
The just ended Kenyan election ECK Boss admits, Yes, vote tallying had problems, admits Kivuitu. And when he demanded all constituency tallies, he found some figures were not the ones he had personally seen, he said. As of Tuesday, he added, the commission had not received the official Form 16 from four constituencies. The forms give the actual figures from constituencies signed by the returning officer.
It is those forms that had raised a furor when ODM leaders disputed the results, arguing that 49 constituencies had not submitted them and that the ECK was merely using a computer generated form that could be done anywhere. He said the officer had shown him forms of two constituencies — Juja and Kieni — whose results had been tampered with and the returning officer had not counter-signed, as is the normal practice. A shocked Mr Kivuitu said: “What surprised me was the files I saw yesterday (Tuesday) were very clean and the two files I saw (previously) were very dirty because of the cancellation.” He had informed his commissioners that he was dissatisfied.
Three issues to note:
1. No Going to Kenyan Courts: The matter cannot be resolved in the Kenyan courts because at the hall where the rigging and manipulation was taking place was the Justice Ministers Martha Karua and Internal Security Minister John Michuki. They were privy to what was taking place and maybe part of the rigging. So they cannot be trusted.
2. No Fare Judgment: Chief Justice took part in swearing the rigged in president at night knowingly the vote was rigged. Thus he is also part of the election problem facing Kenyans now and since judiciary is under his docket, there may not be a fair hearing.
3. Need for interim Government: As indicated by the Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako that an independent investigation into vote results that led to President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election. This may not be possible since all the documents to be relied upon during the exercise have been severely tampered with by the government agents, stolen from KICC by the government that’s determined to erase all the evidence to cover her tracks in the melee and or lacks credibility.
This only gives way for an independent arbiter that can be impartial in the fact-finding mission while an interim government is in place while waiting for fresh elections. This must be within a short time say, three months at most.
All Kenyans know is that Kibaki did not win the elections but has robbed Kenyans.
38. Raila! Respect My Constitution.
Mr Raila Respect My Constitution, you cannot be a Leader of a Country for Whose Laws you Don't Uphold.
39. Amolo Raila Odinga the rightful winner of the 2007 election
Kibaki rigged the election votes in his favour.
President Raila Odinga is the winner of the 2007 election in Kenya.
Kibaki took the office by force.
Kenyans voted for what they knew was right and never got it.
40. Suspend Kenya from the Commonwealth
The Commonwealth, an organization of 54 countries that arose out of the gradual dissolution of the British empire, prides itself on being one of very few international organizations that is prepared to throw members out for violating democratic norms.
Ironically, the Commonwealth’s values are contained in the Harare declaration, agreed in the Zimbabwean capital in 1991, which sets out democracy, fundamental human rights and the rule of law as the basis of membership.
The Commonwealth must suspended Kenya for 12 months over the conduct of its presidential election. A team, comprising the leaders of Ghana, South Africa, EU and UK, should take the action after its observers reported that the election were neither free nor fair. Alexander Graf Lambsdorf, head of the European Union election observer mission, said the vote "tallying process lacks credibility".
The Commonwealth will have little practical or financial leverage over Kenya so suspension is largely a symbolic move, increasing international pressure on the Kibaki regime and sending a message that the Kenyan government’s actions are viewed as illegitimate.
This will make it more difficult for international institutions, such as the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund, to deal with the country as normal. It will hamper Kenya’s efforts to raise funds on the international money markets.
Early last year CMAG - an eight-strong committee of Commonwealth foreign ministers set up to police the Harare declaration - proposed that it should be given terms of reference that would enable it to act earlier on major violations of democratic values, such as the freedom of the media unfortunately exactly what is happening in Kenya at the moment.
African Commonwealth members - especially Tanzania,Uganda and Ghana, whose leaders are on the three-man Commonwealth panel - also have more political and economic leverage over Kenya. They are deeply concerned about both the knock-on economic effects of the crisis in the country, both by directly damaging trade and by decreasing investors’ confidence in the region.
The Commonwealth has adopted a set of principles on democracy, and the rule of law and proper governance, ironically set out in Harare, and those principles have got to be adhered to,So whether Kenya will ever come back into the Commonwealth depends on the basic principles that the Commonwealth believes in - democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights and the right to vote- being adhered to. If they are, then Kenya should be let back in, if not Kenya shouldn’t be let to stay.
I here by call upon the commonwealth signatory members to take the necessary steps towards this process of suspending Kenya from its seat until further notice.
The just concluded results of the 27th elections caused chaos in most parts of the country .
42. Kibaki should step down to save Kenya
As per today's paper January 2 2008 "the standard news paper of kenya" The charmain of Electoral Commission of Kenya mr kivuitu has admitted that he was under pressure to announce kibaki as a winner.
He himself have admitted that kibaki did not win the election. The court system in kenya is so corrupt and majority of the high court judges are from kikuyu community which will favour kibaki therefore to get justice we can't go to court.
We appeal to international community to help please! please! we demand the kenyan govn to lift the media ban immediately, the kibaki to step down, demand the electoral process be given the level of seriouseness it deserves.humanitarian assistance.
We ask international community to intervene. I myself live in u.s and I can't talk to my kids who happen to be in kenya right now.
We ask more especially AMERICA, BRITAIN, AND THE EU COMMUNITY TO HELP BEFORE IT IS TOO late.
The recently concluded Kenyan presidential election results were patently rigged.
44. Arbitrate allegations of Election Maleficence in Kenya
The unfolding events are troubling and the truth is obvious to all.
Let Kibaki and his associates de-escalate this situation by stepping aside to allow independent observers review the contentious issues instead of going back to doctor voter registers.
45. Essential Conditions for Free and Fair Elections in Pakistan
Background can be found on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Pakistani_state_of_emergency
This is a statement from Boston area students, academics, professionals and citizens to voice their concern for the current constitutional and political crisis in Pakistan.
46. The Georgian president should be of the nation and for the nation
The president of Georgia was asked by his nation to start a dialogue or discussions with the parliamentary opposition regarding the date of the forthcoming parliamentary elections and some other issues related with the mishandlings of the current government, especially in the issues of human rights violations.
For 5 days thousands of people waited in front of the parliament building for the president to come up with some offer on the terms of discussions. His response came on the 6th day and it was a brutal violence against peaceful civilians. All the world has seen what has happened in the streets of Tbilisi on November 7, 2007.
Independent TV company was raided by the armed squad hiding faces under the masks and ruining and destroying the equipment and documentation of the company. The president Mikheil Saakashvili well knew about that action, but he did nothing to stop the violence.
Now he started regular interviews and long talks with some groups of people, and all his harangues are being aired on the national TV channel. But where was he some 10 days ago? Could he not speak to his nation in the open in front of the parliament building?
If he is so scared of big crowds in the open, then why couldn't he invite a group of oppositioners for some chamber talks? Or he wanted to whip the nation? Then he has no right to be the president, not even the right to be a manager in a minor company....
47. Equal Media Coverage for all Presidential Candidates
A petition to demand that ALL candidates who have filed to run for President of the united States of American be given equal unbiased air time.
48. Manningham - A better Romilly Park & access to the courts
As a Manningham resident with two young children I have been dissapointed in the neglect of our local park on Romilly St.
When the basketball courts were removed over 2 years ago the Port Adelaide Enfield council failed to replace the courts with grass leaving a paddock of weeds. Furthermore the playground equipment that was replaced was very basic. The BBQ area is also in a very poor state.
When my oldest daughter started playing tennis I thought it would be great to access the under utilised but excellent courts located at the same Park. After a visit to the Greenacres council office I found out that the ratepayers now had to book and pay for access to their OWN courts.
If you compare our park with neighbouring councils e.g. Prospect our parks come of as a very poor cousin. In fact they provide a stark contrast.
49. Replacement of DDEAF Board
March 18, 2006
The Board of Directors of DDEAF (Deaf Dog Education Action Fund) have reached impasse, gridlock, and complete dysfunction in their ability to manage and run this non-profit organization.
There is failure to hold regular meetings, elections, issue annual reports, maintain records, maintain legal status, acknowledge donations, deposit donations(checks)and respond to members. We feel that the current Board of DDEAF presents a potential harm to the dogs that DDEAF was formed exclusiveley to help.
It is now unimportant why the current dysfunction started. What is important is that this dysfunction has reached such a level of magnitude that DDEAF is in gridlock. It is apparent that the current Board members are unable to move past their historical conflicts and get DDEAF moving again.
The bottom line is that DDEAF, and the dogs intended to benefit, are suffering from this long standing conflict. And since it is impossible to weave through the quagmire of history, all current Board members should be considered responsible for this dysfunction.
DDEAF_Business@yahoogroups.com
50. Register Madaraka Party of Kenya
February 17, 2006
The "Register Madaraka Party of Kenya" Petition to be sent to "H.E President Mwai Kibaki, Attorney General Amos Wako, and Registrar of Societies"
Madaraka Party of Kenya was formed on June 11, 2005 to champion for the rights of youth, unemployed, poor workers, and peasants. On July 15, 2005, Madaraka Party submitted application for registration to the Registrar of Societies, Nairobi, Kenya.
On January 20, 2006, the Deputy Registrar informed Madaraka officials that "the government has put on hold registration of all political parties till further notice."
On January 29, 2006, the party wrote to the registrar seeking the following information:
1. "Who or which office in the government made the decision to put on hold the registration of political parties in Kenya?
2. Why has the government decided to put a hold on registration of political parties?
3. For how long will the hold be in place?
4. What is to happen to trigger the lifting of the hold on registration of political parties?
5. Under which law has the government based its decision to put on hold registration of political parties? Lastly, Is Kenya still a multiparty democracy or democracy is also on hold till further notice?"
There has been no response as of February 17, 2006.
51. Adopt Proportional Representation for General Elections in the UK
For centuries, the UK has used the first-past-the-post system to elect its MPs. This system is out-dated and promotes inequality.
The two main parties (Labour and Conservative) are over-represented and the rest are under-represented. Most importantly, there is no proportionality.
The Labour government is currently running our country with the support of a mere 35.2% of the voters. The Green party can get 15% and not win a single seat.Is this fair?
I propose a system where, if a party gets 10% of the votes it will also get 10% of the seats in Parliament. ie, a FAIR system.
52. Native American Civil Rights
Currently the governing body of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians has excluded, denied and discriminated against enrolled members who live off the rancheria.
The governing body, which consists of a selective number of individuals who reside on the rancheria, have year after year, monopolized all elections, and have also closed voting rights to enable only a certain few to sit on each committee that makes all decisions which in the most part "does not" protect the best interest and welfare of the "entire" tribe as a whole.
The current governing body hides behind the facade "claiming" they have the best interest of the "tribe" in mind, but have attempted to ensure only "they" are to benefit from all elections.
Do we as AMERICANS REMEMBER WHY it was we voted for Proposition 1A?
Proposition 1A: is a simple constitutional measure that allows Indian gaming in California. It protects Indian SELF RELIANCE by finally providing clear legal authority for Indian Tribes to conduct specified gaming activities on tribal lands. It allows Indians to SHARE gaming revenues with non-gaming Tribes for use in education, housing, health care and other vitally needed services. DOES YOUR TRIBE actually do this?
Propostion 1A provides revenues for local communities near Indian Casinos for programing for gambling addiction and for state regulatory costs.
It provides for tribal cooperation with local governments and for tribal environmental compliance. The proposition claims that voters vote yes to protect Indian gaming on tribal land, so that the tribes can preserve the only option most Tribes have to get our people OFF of WELFARE. Has YOUR gaming tribe helped you get off welfare??? OR HAVE THEY REFUSED YOU HEALTHCARE or have they denied you, your share of federal grants obtained to take care of your health, education and housing needs?
Have they helped you obtain business loans to help you open your own business to better yours and other Native Americans lives?? Also, the peoples asking for Proposition 1A, in 2000 claimed... They were asking you (the Voters) to take care of ourselves and PAY OUR OWN WAY. But how many of these so called Gaming Tribes have actually done these things for their members and how many tribes have become GREEDY with their new found wealth and have closed voting rights to Native Americans of their tribe so as to keep their voting membership numbers to a low count enabling them to split revenues from their casino amongst a chosen few and to deny others whom they used to obtain large numbers to submit to the federal government in order to obtain grants in which these monies are denied to other Native Americans if they are not one of the so called "VOTING" members.
I wonder just how many actually benefit from these revenues. DO YOU, as a Native American?
53. Ukrainian Presidential Elections
This petition is in responce to the recent events surrounding the rights and libierties of teh Ukrainian people and their right to fair, open and transparent elections.
This petition seeks to call on teh Australian Givernment to join the international community in supporting the right of Ukraininans to democracy choose their President and for the conduct of elections to be Honest, open and transparent.
In doing so demonstrate to the world Austrlia's leadership in democratic development by reinforcing its relationship with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people;
The Austraolian Givernment should also take such steps as necessary to deny Australian entry visa's to person(s) who attempt or have been found to have been guilty of falsify the results, or interfering with the democratic rights associated with the conduct and the outcome of the 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Election.
54. Call to Peter King to stand as Independent candidate for Federal seat of Wentworth
Peter King has been the Liberal Party sitting member of the Australian House of Representives for the Sydney seat of Wentworth since 2001. Despite his outstanding performance and the support of the residents, he failed to gain Liberal Party pre-selection for the upcoming elections.
This is a call for Peter King to stand as an Independent so he can continue to represent the people of Wentworth.
55. Open and transparent scrutiny of electronic ballots and elections in Victoria
There is growing public concern for the need to ensure that the conduct of elections by electronic means is open and transparent.
With the increasing use of computer based technology in the counting of election results it is fundamental that proper checks and balances are put in place to maintain public confidence in the electoral process. Computerised counting systems are subject to errors in data entry and voters preference transcription.
There is also a risk of system failure or electoral fraud. With the use of computers in the conduct of elections, the counting and determination of election results is now made in cyber space. The failure of the State and Federal electoral offices to provide copies of detailed electronic preference data prevents the proper scrutiny and independent analysis of the election result.
Copies of the data-file were made available during the 1996 Council elections but denied during the 1999 and 2001 City of Melbourne Council elections
The Australian Electoral Office, - who conducted the Melbourne City Council elections in 1996, 1999 and 2001 - was prepared to make a copy of the data-file available to scrutineers and candidates but was subsequently prevented from doing so by the City Council Officers.
The City of Melbourne had spent over $60,000.00 of ratepayers' money trying to prevent the publication and disclosure of the detailed election results for its 1999 and 2001 Council elections. The Victorian Civil Appeals Tribunal on hearing an application under the Freedom of Information legislation, lasting two days, ordered the City of Melbourne to publish and make available the detailed elections results stored in electronic format. The decision of the tribunal was made immediately without reserving its determination.
It is fundamental for public confidence to be maintained the electoral process must be open and transparent and subject to proper scrutiny. There is no legal impediment preventing the disclosure and publication o the election results.
No explanation or justification has been given by the City of Melbourne for refusing to make this information available. No one has ever been held to account for this decision or the expenditure of ratepayers' money.
Amidst growing pubic concern world wide about the conduct of electronic counting of ballots, the elected City Council earlier this year had failed to address this issue, instead they washed their hands and buried their heads in the sand.
The publication and distribution of detailed election results is essential to ensure that the information used to determine the election results is accurate and correct. Without it there is no way in which a scrutineer can fulfil his or her duty.
It's like going to the supermarket cashier with a trolley of goods and being given a receipt for the total amount owing but the receipt does not showing the list of detailed items that make up the total of the bill. Without this information there is no way of verifying that the information s correct.
The solution is simple. Copies of detailed data-files recorded in electronic format can and MUST be made available to scrutineers. This is a relative simple process and would costs less then $1.00 the price f of a disk even less if information was made available on line. A verified and authorised copy of the detailed preference results should also be published, on line, as part of the requirements related to the declaration of the poll.
The onus is now on the Victorian State Government to restore public confidence in the use of electronic equipment in the conduct of Municipal elections.
The State Government must legislate to ensure that the conduct of electronic elections is open and transparent and subject to proper scrutiny.
56. Fair candidate selection in the USA
In the United States, billions of US Dollars are wasted in campaigning during the Presidential primary season. States jockey for position throughout the year leading up until the general election. Some states' primaries or caucuses are virtually irrelevant due to the fact that a candidate may already be assumed because a large state has early on declared a winner, or teh candidate has won enough votes to get the nomination.
This petition is addressed to Congress to propose a Constitutional Amendment to allow all states to have caucuses AND THEN hold Primary elections 1-3 months after the caucuses, and that these events be held on the same day in every state, so that every vote counts.
Also, the people should select candidates to run, and that candidates themselves not pay to place their name on a ballot, but citizens themselves place their favorite.
57. Lower the voting age in the USA
We should lower the voting age to 16 because at 16 you can drive and are responsible.
58. UN VOTING OVERSIGHT FOR 2004 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
The necessity and urgency of fair and accurate oversight of the 2004 US Presidential Elections is of paramount concern for hundreds of thousands of people who know for fact that their vote did not count. Whether it was by means of physically preventing voting at the polls, an intentional miscount of their vote, or purposeful deception that rendered their vote ineligible, a significant portion of the American population does not feel that the 2000 Presidential Election was executed with democracy and fairness in mind.
The American people have not been given any reason to believe that 2004 Presidential Election will be any different.
59. Make all TAXES, Fines, And Fees voluntary
All power in a capitalistic society is based in money. Our elections are questionable at best and the ordained winners of said elections determine how much will be given to support any issue or person. The people of this great nation should determine how much personal income is spent to finance the government. The government has a constitutional right to tax, fine, and set fees; however, through a referendum we the people can take the mandatory punishment away from government by making all such monetary compensation voluntary.
The time is now to pull the dog's teeth.