a certain number of qualified voters in a district
Nomination by petition
If enough signatures are on the petition, there will be a recall election in which the public can vote to remove a public official from office.
This may not be what you want to know. In states that have primaries for nominations, in order to get on the ballot a petition must be submiitted along with a few. The amount of the fee and the number of signatures on the petition varies with the state. Of course, the is also a deadline for the submission.
Each state has it's own set of laws for an unaffiliated candidate to get on the ballot for the general election. The majority of the states have petitions signed and a filing fee that goes towards the general board of elections.
many
over 50% of students parents
Probably once you get around 1,000 signatures you may be able to get your petition noticed.
One possible reason that a discharge petition is seldom successful is because so many signatures are needed on the discharge motion.
wiliam wilberforces petition contained 10,639 signatures
if it is for a cause its a petition
People are not nominated by petition.
Citizens cannot pass laws merely by collecting signatures in any state I am aware of. There is a process in many states where citizens can petition to have a proposed law added to the ballot in the next election. Usually, this requires some percentage of voters to sign the petition - in a large state, this can be hundreds of thousands of voters. There are also usually procedural requirements, such as that the petition must be registered with a certain department, and the wording on the petition must be approved in advance. There may also be format requirements, and after the signatures are collected, the petition must be certified. When a petition does get through this process, it then goes on the ballot in the next election, and must receive a majority of "yes" votes in order to become a law.
It is difficult to predict the exact number of people who will sign a petition. The number of signatures will depend on factors such as the reach of the petition, the relevance of the cause, and the effectiveness of the campaign to promote it.
Yes, Just start a petition and get many signatures
A petition is a list of signatures in support of, or against something.
a certain number of qualified voters in a district