Petitions signed by California state voters equal in number to 12 % of the last vote for the office of governor ( with signatures from each of 5 counties equal in number to 1 % of the last vote for governor in the county ) can launch a gubernatorial recall election.

Petitions were launched in several areas, but only one received the signatures of 20 % of eligible parents, the level needed to trigger a ballot.

Petitions attracting 100, 000 signatures would prompt a parliamentary debate on a particular topic, but not necessarily lead to any Parliamentary Bills being put forward.

Petitions are commonly used in the U. S. to qualify candidates for public office to appear on a ballot ; while anyone can be a write-in candidate, a candidate desiring that his or her name appear on printed ballots and other official election materials must gather a certain number of valid signatures from registered voters.

In 1898 President of the United States William McKinley signed the treaty of annexation for Hawaii, but it failed in the Senate after the 38, 000 signatures of the Ku ’ e Petitions were submitted.

Petitions presented to Council between March 30, 2005 and November 20, 2005 totaling 7, 380 signatures opposed the sale of the property, the destruction of the building, and the loss of much-needed public park and recreational lands.

Petitions require signatures equal to eight percent of registered voters to appear on the ballot for a law, or ten percent for a constitutional amendment ( see below ).

Petitions for war furlough required the signatures of all active members, the director of bands or other faculty member who was an honorary member of the fraternity, as well as the signature of the college or university president.

Independence First launched an e-petition through the Scottish Parliament website which gained over 1300 signatures but was subsequently rejected by the Public Petitions Committee in November 2006, voting six to three to note the position and close it with no further action.

Petitions to the House of Lords did not have to seek reversal of lower court judgments ; often, petitions were brought directly to the Lords without prior consideration in the inferior judiciary.

* 1653: Petitions were lodged to try to stop the Duke of Northumberland's River from being reopened.

Petitions and proposals were repeatedly submitted to the state legislature to issue paper currency.

Petitions were signed by residents and taken to the Town Board.

Petitions against senators Lena Taylor ( D ), Spencer Coggs ( D ), Mark Miller ( D ), Glenn Grothman ( R ), Julie Lassa ( D ), Fred Risser ( D ), and Mary Lazich ( R ), were unsuccessful.

Petitions on his behalf were presented to parliament, so strongly worded that the petitioners were committed to prison.

Petitions submitted by the colonies were officially ignored by Parliament.

Petitions for justice were normally addressed to the King and the Curia, but in 1280, Edward I instructed his justices to examine and deal with petitions themselves as the Court of King's Bench.

Petitions were passed around in all Paris neighborhoods to try and influence the government.

Petitions could be sent by anybody, from a scholar-official to a common farmer, although the petitions were more likely read to the emperor if they were persuasive enough to impeach questionable and corrupt local officials from office.

Petitions were a common form of protest and request to the British House of Commons in the 18th and 19th centuries, the largest being the Great / People's Charter, or petition of the Chartists.

* 2010 ( 6 December ): Hitherto free services were removed from the Inland Letter Post Scheme and became available under contract: Callers Service, Forwarding, Petitions to the Sovereign and to Parliament, Poste Restante, Private Post Box, Private Roadside Letterbox.

Petitions asking for some of the positions in the Legislative Council to be filled by popularly elected colonists were presented to London in 1865 and 1869.

Petitions were sent out to the King of the Two Sicilies, and to Lord Nelson, soliciting their aid and support.

Petitions for breach of law against decisions of the republic supreme courts were heard in the Supreme Court at the federal level.

Petitions for clemency were signed by 70, 000 people in Ireland and 10, 000 people in England.

Petitions favoring readmission had been presented to the army as early as 1649 by two Baptists of Amsterdam, Johanna Cartwright and her son Ebenezer (" The Petition of the Jews for the Repealing of the Act of Parliament for Their Banishment out of England "); and suggestions looking to that end were made by men of the type of Roger Williams, Hugh Peters, and by Independents generally.

Petitions were accordingly sent to the king in many instances to remove his Jews from the boroughs, and they were expelled from Bury St. Edmunds in 1190, Newcastle in 1234, Wycombe in 1235, Southampton in 1236, Berkhamsted in 1242, Newbury in 1244.

Petitions were circulated against Bishop Basil at the Cathedral and on the Internet.

Petitions against the unpopular treaty had gathered 1, 900, 000 names

Petitions asking for a jail term for Norristown attorney Julian W. Barnard will be presented to the Montgomery County Court Friday, it was disclosed Tuesday by Horace A. Davenport, counsel for the widow of the man killed last Nov. 1 by Barnard's hit-run car.

Petitions could be submitted to the editor ( as magistrate ) in full view of the community.

We your Humble Petitioners Living at a great Distance from ye Center of the Towne Some of us nine or ten Miles and Consequently at a very great disadvantage in joining with them all Publick Town affairs, being encouraged Partly by our Living in that Part of ye Town that was Laid out for what was called ye upper Parish and Partly by ye Kind Reception our Request met with which we made to ye Town for a dismission but more particularly by our Confidence in your Honors desire to Promote ye Happiness of every Part of ye State Humbly Pray that Honors would take our Case into your Serious Consideration and grant that we together with all those Live in sd Upper Part may be Erected and Incorporated into a body Politick and Corporate to have Continuance in ye Name of Northfield with all such Powers and Authorities Privileges Immunities and Franchises with other Parishes or Towns in this State in General hold Enjoy with your Petitions as in duty bound Shall forever pray .”

Nomination Petitions can be obtained at the Commissioners Office in the Snyder County Courthouse.

Nomination Petitions can be obtained at the Commissioners Office in the Snyder County Courthouse.

Nomination Petitions ( for party members ) and Nomination Papers ( for Independents ) can be obtained at the Commissioners Office in the Snyder County Courthouse.

Petitions from enterprises concerned with the number of acquittals, such as those from the bleaching ground proprietors, forced a Committee to be set up in 1819.

* Petitions may be presented

Petitions may be filed by states, NGOs or individuals.

Petitions must meet three requirements ; domestic remedies must have already been tried and failed ( exhaustion ), petitions must be filed within six months of the last action taken in a domestic system ( timeliness ), petitions can not be before another court ( duplication of procedure ).

Petitions, along with additional paperwork, must be filed between about four and five months before the election, subject to additional requirements for candidates for a primary election.

Petitions for remedies may be filed by domestic manufacturers or unions within the domestic industry, however the law requires that the petitioners represent at least 25 % of the domestic production of the goods for which competition is causing material injury.

However, as it was seen to be desirable that Crown contractors could obtain redress, lest they be inhibited from taking on such work, the petition of right came to be used in such situations, especially after the Petitions of Right Act 1860 simplified the process.

Petitions that appear on the Supreme Court's in forma pauperis docket are substantially less likely to be granted review than others on the docket.

In those circumstances, it is clear beyond doubt that the petitioner, Colin Moynihan, must be the rightful heir and that his Petitions must succeed.

Petitions can also be brought forward by any EU citizen on a matter within the EU's sphere of activities.

Petitions are more likely to be filed in cases involving older children.

Petitions are more likely to be filed when children have a history of problems at home or at school.