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Ask Congressman David Jolly (R-FL) and Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) about the issues that are most important to you -- then vote and tell others! Watch the Florida Open Debate for U.S. Senate right here on Monday, April 25, at 7:00 pm EDT. All questions will be chosen from among those that receive the most votes online.
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Do you believe inmigrants need to learn English to gain permanent residency here?

When parents don't speak English, they can't help kids with their homework -- this is a burden on teachers. Also it is very expensive to translate ballots, DMV tests, GED tests into other languages.

Submitted by: Sadia from NV
April 21, 2016, 9:13 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
17

Should merit take a back seat to balancing representation number?

America has long held that one's merit is the most important factor leading to a good life and success. The current quest for equal representation undermines this incredibly important tenet.

Submitted by: Antonio L. from CA
April 22, 2016, 5:46 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
58

Do you understand what it is to live in fear of the people sworn to protect you?

Police shooting, police harassment in Florida, Police shooting of unique armed black men, black lives matter, Tamir Rice

Submitted by: Early from AZ
April 22, 2016, 2:35 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
38

Can you define the term "General Welfare" and explain the current low standards?

The General Welfare of a nation is defined by the lowest standard of living accepted by governmental ability to fund and provide for the betterment of health and opportunity for growth and prosperity.
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Submitted by: Staci English from IL
April 22, 2016, 6:47 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
143

Would you abolish the sub-minimum wage for disabled workers?

Please act to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society.
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Submitted by: Solomon S. from MA
April 22, 2016, 8:48 a.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
40

Why don't we use Selective Service Registration as a way to register voters?

All 18 year old men receive this Federal ID and with recent legislation, we may soon see women doing so as well. Even if that does not happen the mechanism to create these cards for women is in place.

Submitted by: Ray M. from FL
April 22, 2016, 4:29 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
139

How can we end AT-WILL employment in the United States?

At-will employment dis-empowers workers by putting them at the whims, mercy, and abuse of their bosses, erodes their ability to financial stability and path to retirement, and stresses their lives.

Submitted by: Mark R. from FL
April 23, 2016, 6:53 a.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
37

Is American Democracy a failed experiment?

Considering the endemic corruption in government, and lack of response to government to the will of the people,
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Submitted by: jaricfontaine from ME
April 22, 2016, 10:35 a.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
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if elected, will either of you support abolishing private prisons?

Black Americans are being persecuted and viciously mistreated in our prison system. Private prisons are at the root.

Submitted by: Talique T. from IL
April 19, 2016, 11:17 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
299

What are you willing to do about the current war on drugs?

Now that one of Nixon's policy advisers has admitted that the war on drugs was created to target black people and war protesters, something must be done about the racially charged system.

Submitted by: Jarron Williams from IL
April 21, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
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How will you stop the double standards of those too powerful to be punished?

Major corporations get away with buying their way out of criminal charges by being allowed to pay fines. Police officers are assumed to never lie. When will those in power be held accountable?

Submitted by: JonnyB from MN
April 21, 2016, 9:45 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
119

Do you support the ERA?

The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress and submitted to the states for approval where it failed to be supported by 3/4's of the state. It should be re-submitted to the American people.

Submitted by: Wirelesswitch from MN
April 22, 2016, 1:43 a.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
24

Will you work to preserve citizens' fundamental right to self-defense?

The right for a person and their family to be safe is undeniable and the root from which nearly all other rights originate for if not safe, then what's the point of having an organized society?

Submitted by: Antonio L. from CA
April 22, 2016, 6:01 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
54
Submitted by: Ice queen from NY
April 21, 2016, 9:12 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
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Will you immediately restore voting rights to felons with time served?

Many who have served their time cannot vote years after completing sentence. This is a violation of civil rights.

Submitted by: Bernice S. from FL
April 21, 2016, 5:05 a.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
113

The police see society as the enemy, what will you do to change that?

Something has changed with police, and that change is not good. I've heard Police being referred to as hired killers. This needs to end, now! I'm curious what you will do to change that?

Submitted by: 45thronin from CT
April 21, 2016, 8:40 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
61

Do you support making tobacco & alcohol controlled substances?

Tobacco meets the definition of a schedule I & alcohol meets the definition of a schedule II in the CSA. Yet, the two most deadly of all drugs, tobacco & alcohol, are exempt from the CSA. Why?
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Submitted by: b4integrity from CO
April 22, 2016, 10:54 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
75

What are your thoughts on Donald Trump's proposed Muslim ban?

Donald Trump has recently been under fire for claims he has made about Muslims. Do you think his ban on all Muslim immigrants is justified or unconstitutional and un-American?

Submitted by: Bob Jones from MD
April 25, 2016, 11:44 a.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
96

What are you going to do to help factory workers working for U.S corporations?

People working in the clothing industry who are making our clothes are notoriously abused. What are you going to do so we never see anything like the tragedy at Rana plaza again?

Submitted by: julia m. from CO
April 24, 2016, 3:04 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
114
Submitted by: Andy Broos from Belgium from CA
April 22, 2016, 1:31 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
211

What is your opinion on Florida's stand your ground law?

Murders have increased significantly soon after this law was enacted, so much so, that it is reasonable to state that the law was not correlated with the increase but rather a cause of it.
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Submitted by: Cody from FL
April 21, 2016, 4:22 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
223

Why do Republicans suppress voters' rights, deny equal rights, & falsify facts?

Republicans have a history of claiming family & Christian values and then enact the most un-Christian legislation. Women & minorities are not property nor subservient to white males. Try truth & fact

Submitted by: DrD from FL
April 22, 2016, 3:21 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights
56

What are you going to do about Guantanamo bay?

What are you going to do about the human rights abuses that occur/ occurred there and what are you going to do to make sure these abuses never occur again.

Submitted by: julia m. from CO
April 24, 2016, 2:59 p.m.
Issue area: Civil Rights

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