Are petitions legal if you do them over the e-mail?I don't want to ban anything, I am just making a petition and I want to send it out.Will this be legal?
2006-06-22 09:56:52 · 2 answers · asked by -Veggie Chick- 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I'm not quite sure I understand the question. Petitions, in and of themselves, are legal. You can make a petition concerning almost anything, and get a bunch of people willing to sign their names to it, via email or otherwise.
However, a petition itself is not an actual "legal document"...it is merely a document stating that X number of citizens happen to take a stand on a particular issue and urge a legislator, official, etc. to act in their favor. For example, you can make a petition in favor of banning smoking, but just because you get a bunch of people to sign it, that doesn't mean that smoking will be banned. The petition itself has no legal standing. Now, if a legislator gets enough petitions all saying the same thing, he/she might WANT to do it if it is in his/her best political interest to do so.
So the answer to your question is yes.
Hope this helped somewhat.
2006-06-22 10:10:17 · answer #1 · answered by answerman63 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you are attempting to accomplish.
If you are attempting to demonstrate public support for your cause, it would be just as "legal" as any other method.
2006-06-22 10:01:21 · answer #2 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋