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Has online petition ever accomplished anything?
I dunno, has any petition ever accomplished anything?
1) No.
2) No.
At least for these kinds of petitions (Justice of Abu Mumia the cop-killer, peace in the Middle East, democracy in Cuba, save the baby seals, restore Tibet, etc, etc.)
But right here in the Town of Cross Plains, County of Dane, State of Wisconsin, a group of us filed an EB-1 petition for a recall election against one of the town’s elected members of the board of supervisors. In just under four weeks, we got 371 signatures in a ruritania where only about 400-600 people normally show up to vote in the April local elections, and maybe 30-40 percent in the November general elections.
So success with your petition depends on the size of the puddle that your frog is swimming around in.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
Arnold, I think you’ve also pointed out the difference between official, certified petitions as defined in law and statute, and informal "will of the people" petitions that have no legal standing. The latter can safely be ignored by elected officials unless the number of signatories is huge and made up mostly of their constituents. The former they might like to ignore, but they legally can’t.
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