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(A national e-mail petition)

Petition for a Voter Consent "None of the Above" Ballot Option

December 13, 2006
 

    Whereas government should secure the consent of the governed;

    Whereas all legitimate consent requires the ability to withhold consent;

    Whereas voters can withhold their consent when voting on questions;

    Whereas voters are sometimes presented with such choices on the ballot that none of the listed candidates for an office is acceptable, but voters are unable to withhold their consent in such elections to office.

    Therefore, to insure the legitimate consent of voters by enabling them to withhold their consent in an election to office:

    We hereby petition our respective state legislatures to enact a NOTA based Voter Consent law.

 

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    We ask that you sign this e-Petition only if you are a citizen of the United States of America and at least 18 years old.

    We will not release your e-mail address, or any other data about an individual signer, to any party except by court order. As e-Petitioner, we may release summary information about petitions signed and public comments.

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To make a public comment: 

    As an e-Petition signer, you may enter comments that will be made part of the e-Petition's public record.  If you wish to be identified publicly as a signer, you may enter that information, such as your name and town,  in your comments.


 

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To unsign e-Petition:     

    As an e-Signatory of this e-Petition, you may "unsign" the e-Petition at any time.

    We will not release your e-mail address or any other data about an individual signer to any party except by court order. As e-Petitioner, we shall release summary information about petitions signed and comments.

            Signer's email address:  

            Signer's State of Residence:  

 

To make a public comment:

    As an e-Petition signer, you may enter comments that will be made part of the e-Petition's public record.  If you wish to be identified publicly as a signer, you may enter that information, such as your name and town,  in your comments.

  ←   Press to "unsign" the e-Petition.

 

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e-Petition Rules:

  1. An e-mail based petition, an e-Petition, is a petition whose signers sign their e-Signature using their e-mail address. 
  2. Individuals should sign an e-Petition once. If an individual has multiple e-mail addresses, only one should be used to sign  an e-Petition.
  3. The e-Petition presenter, the e-Petitioner, shall write and date the e-Petition text, which shall then remain unchanged, present the e-Petition, collect e-Signatures, and publish the e-Petition's totals, which the e-Petitioner shall affirm are believed correct. 
  4. Other than public comments, the e-Petitioner shall keep confidential all data entered by signers, except by court order. 
  5. Only the e-Petitioner may send e-mail to the signatories and only if related to the subject of the e-Petition. 
  6. A signer may elect to receive no e-mail from the e-Petitioner except for signature confirmation. 
  7. The e-Petitioner may elect to stop collecting e-Signatures, close the e-Petition, and publish a final total at any time, and the e-Petitioner may reopen a closed e-Petition. 
  8. Except for the signer's e-mail address, all other data entered by the signer is optional and varies with each e-Petition. 
  9. All e-Petitioner's shall register the e-Petition with the e-Petition Directory epetition_directory@nota.org by sending the text of the e-Petition to the directory of e-Petitions with a link to the e-Petition; and, upon closing an e-Petition, report the final totals to the e-Petition Directory, with the date of the last signature,  and comment text. After closing an e-Petition, an e-Petitioner has a continuing obligation either to keep confidential or to destroy the signer entered data other than comments.
  10. Each e-Petition shall display the epetition_concerns@nota.org e-mail address for the link "e-Petition Complaints, Concerns and Comments" as well as the e-Petitioner's e-mail address.
  11. An e-Petition should address a matter of public policy or public sentiment to be listed in the public policy e-Petition list, otherwise the e-Petition would go to the 
  12. Any party may be an e-Petitioner, provided they adhere to the "e-Petition Rules."
  13. Each e-Petition shall display the "e-Petition Rules."

  

 

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