We the undersigned independent-minded voters, want to change our political process so that our elected officials act in the interests of the American people, not the political parties nor the special interests that control them.
We recognize that despite the vast increase in voter participation this year, and the enormous momentum for profound political change, business as usual will continue in Washington unless we have a clear plan to reform our electoral process.
Therefore, we urge you to publicly support the following political reforms:
1. Non-partisan redistricting (an end to gerrymandering!) to stop politicians of both parties from drawing non-competitive district lines.
2. Extending open primaries from 31 states to all 50, allowing independent, non-aligned voters to vote in the first round of voting.
3. Removing obstacles to voter registration by permitting Election Day Voter Registration, online registration and other reforms to increase voter participation, particularly among young Americans.
Sincerely,
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| # | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Comments (Please be respectful and do not use profanity) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2151 | Victor | Nepomnyashchy | North Hills | CA | It's the people, not the insurance and pharmaceutical firms, who elected you. That means your allegiance ought to be with the people and not the contributors who get fat off our misery. |
| 2152 | Carol | Grey | Concord | CA | |
| 2153 | Dana J. | Tompkins | Millbrook | NY | As a candidate for NYS Assembly 103rd district, I am pledging and I hope you will too. |
| 2154 | Mary | Finnegan | Santa Cruz | CA | |
| 2155 | Anonymous | Anonymous | Dos Palos | CA | |
| 2156 | Glen | Anderson | Lacey | WA | Represent the people instead of greedy special interests! |
| 2157 | BARRY | GOTTLIEB | NEW YORK | NY | |
| 2158 | Mary Jo | Muser | Cleveland | OH | There is no good reason beyond immorality that we are the only industrialized nation without universal health care...enough! Please support Single Payer Health Care , it is the only answer! Do the right thing and do everything you can to see that no Americans have to suffer for human dignity and health care and let history judge you as a hero of the people. |
| 2159 | Louis | Peters | Temple | TX | |
| 2160 | Deborah | Stinson | Port Townsend | WA | Please do all you can to ensure we get true health care reform soon! I have two immediate family members who have been financially devastated by health bills. These are hard working people used to contributing to society. Now they must accept welfare. What a shame! |
| 2161 | Anonymous | Anonymous | Pt Townsend | WA | |
| 2162 | Richard | Williams | Port Townsend | WA | Members of Congress should be prohibited by law from accepting contributions from any industry or professional group. |
| 2163 | Nancy | Shipley | Port Townsend | WA | How can you pass a single payer health insurance plan(which the citizens of this country deserve) if you are beholden to the insurance and pharmaceutical companies? Other countries have this type of health insurance, why can't we? |
| 2164 | M. Elizabeth | Colehour | Seattle | WA | We need you as leaders to stand up for US, the people of the USA. Please look out for OUR interests which include yours. |
| 2165 | Anonymous | Anonymous | port townsend | WA | |
| 2166 | richard | koprowski | port townsend | WA | |
| 2167 | David | Meyer | Seattle | WA | |
| 2168 | MaryLou | Lewis | Issaquah | WA | Please help reduced health care costs by reducing the amount of money lobbyists are spending. Thank you. |
| 2169 | Harry | Kronick | Platteville | WI | |
| 2170 | Nancy | Richards | Port Townsend | WA | |
| 2171 | Jacqueline | Risdal | Issaquah | WA | |
| 2172 | Susan | Wineke | Bellevue | WA | Congresspeople: I want my national government to see that every American in this coutnry has access to health care insurance. I think this is a human right in a rich country. And we are rich. I want the national program to minimize the amount of paperwork involved so that my health funds go for health care and NOT for folks rationing medical care and lawyers. Thank you. Susan Wineke |
| 2173 | Taras | Stratelak | Big Bear City | CA | |
| 2174 | martha | rogers | yellow springs | OH | I am a licensed clinical psychologist. Today I work 20 more hours a week, earn half os what I earned in 1990 with a masters degree. We cahge 20% more but receive 25% more and spend 25% more filling in often irrelevant insur forms, often w info that is none of their business. I cannot repay my student loans. I love my work, but am looking for another way to earn a living income. I cannot afford to go to the doctor! |
| 2175 | Kathleen | Percy | Newcastle | CA | Sigle payer healthcare for ALL! Get the insurance companies out of our doctors office. |
| 2176 | Gerald | Neuhoff | St. Louis | MO | As someone who has spent time before as a freelance artist, I have experienced firsthand how outrageous Health Care can be for those who can't readily afford it. Fortunately, I was young and took care of myself, and did not face any major health issues. However, were I to find myself in an accident or stricken by illness, I would have been helpless to afford the necessary care. Basic Health Care is a right that should be afforded to all people, regardless of race, class, income, nationality, or any other criteria. It's time to eliminate the insurance and pharmaceutical companies from the equation and start providing the people with the services they deserve. Thank You |
| 2177 | Susan | Lovejoy | Gastonia | NC | Our current "health" (sick) care is of the worst in the world. Taking lobby money from the the "Health Care" INDUSTRY which has a vested interest in sick people (or making them believe they're sick) This is a complete and total conflict of interest if our government truly values the HEALTH and well-being of her people. I challenge you, our hired representatives of OUR government to refuse to accept this money in exchange for selling out your constituents to "corporate" health interests. |
| 2178 | Diane | Zillefrow | Canonsburg | PA | |
| 2179 | Lora | Kirchoff | Plymouth | MN | |
| 2180 | Virginia | Hoffman | Asheville | NC | It's time to listen to the people, not to the industry. |
| 2181 | Harold | Pack | Clayton | WA | Insurance and drug companies are not a part of the problem, they are the problem period. You are supposed to work for our best interests, not your's and their's. |
| 2182 | Robert | Brown | Mancos | CO | PLEASE, try and remember what you were elected to do: LOOK OUT FOR "WE THE PEOPLE" FIRST AND FOREMOST!!!! |
| 2183 | Anonymous | Anonymous | ashland | OR | |
| 2184 | John | Neal | Charlotte | NC | |
| 2185 | Diane | Hutchins | Stanhope | NJ | People before profits. |
| 2186 | Montgomery C | Smith | North Port | FL | John Edwards said it first, and said it right, we cannot sit at the table and negotiate when so many at the table are on their payroll. |
| 2187 | Anonymous | Anonymous | Regp Park | NY | |
| 2188 | dale | riehart | san francisco | CA | |
| 2189 | cheryl | brown lohr | austin | TX | Please help, I feel we are in crisis and that the health care system is a joke!! |
| 2190 | Raymond | Lady IV | Bloomington | IN | |
| 2191 | Thomas | Clark | Cincinnati | OH | All major party candidates have lost my vote in this swing state because of their incredibly transparent willingness to bend to various special interests. I will not vote for any one of them until they can prove to me that this is no longer the case. I am writing in a candidate in this election. |
| 2192 | Karen | Schweiker | Flagstaff | AZ | Same old, same old. You were elected to represent the people of this country,not special interests and that includes illegal aliens who it seems BHO wants to insure if he is elected! |
| 2193 | Stephen Millard | Millard | Redway | CA | |
| 2194 | Jan | Syverson | Phoenix | AZ | Illegal aliens get free health care but American citizens go with little or without. Why? |
| 2195 | Don | Cooney | Santa Fe | NM | We need a Single Payer system. These reform measures that rely on the insurance industry are bound to fail. It's time to join the rest of the civilized world and put our citizens well being first instead of the obscene profit level of the medical industrial complex. |
| 2196 | Marilisa | Corl | San Marcos | TX | |
| 2197 | F. P. | Sherrick, Ph.D. | Fredericksburg | VA | It's time for Congress to pay atention to the "Will of the Voters," or the voters will no longer need you in Congress!!! |
| 2198 | Jonathan | Johnson | Columbus | MS | |
| 2199 | Leonard | Robel | San Rafael | CA | |
| 2200 | Jonathan | Novack | New Hope | PA | There is no way the US can achieve true equitable universal, single-payer health insurance as long as the private, for-profit insurance comanies are in the loop. The health care, insurance, and pharmaceutical industries continue to thwart that goal and corrupt representative democracy to assure that their obscene profit flow remains undiminished. Only by cleansing the Congress from at least this one source of financial influence buying do we stand a chance of seriously reforming our disintegrating healthcare services. |