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The way most petitions here work is someone or group that wants a law added writes it down on (usually) 8.5" x11" paper. Or has a marketing/legal team word it if they have deeper pockets (ie a political action committee). Then they buy a list of names/addreses of registered voters and then physically go door-to-door trying to sell their idea and get their signature added to a list below it (1000 = multiple pages). Sometimes not at all easy, and if you are lucky you might get it done by traveling just a few dozen km of major city streets rather than hitting multiple cites. Sure, electronic would be easier, but the election process here hasn't changed much in 100+ years despite tech advances (other than an electronic preliminary count, verified by humans if a recount is called for) as most that control that are paranoid about voter fraud/mistakes. And rightly so after the news of a bit flip caused by cosmic rays and solar storm mayhem in other states caused vote miscounts (kinda obvious sometimes when there's only 500 registered voters turning up but 512 votes) in voting machines. A similar error flipped the entire election on more than one occassion (ie all yes votes were changed to no and vice-versa). Sure, sometimes a clerical error does the same thing but those are easier to catch when there's a paper trail.I'm not sure what "old school paper" means, but handwritten passport details etc. should be here and 100,000 is a huge number, and petitions are ignored here, absolutely everything. I'm amazed at how active political life is on another continent. And though it has its difficulties, at least it's moving forward. Regarding abortion, I believe that it should be a right, not an obligation and only sectarians cover themselves with religion. Anyway, thanks for the information.
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