Occasionally, some friend or family member will send me a petition to sign by e-mail. At the top is the "demand" (no social security benefits for illegal immigrants) and below it is "signed" by a number of people. At the bottom is a request that the 2000th person send it to the president. I know that politicians pay attention to real, handwritten letters. Would they take a petition like this seriously?
2006-08-01 04:44:31 · 4 answers · asked by warehaus 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
I doubt it very much. When a normal person recieves email from an unknown source, they delete it. I should think these petitions get deleted way before anyone forwards them anywhere. And anyway, a name typed on a screen has no legal weight, not like a hand-written signature on a piece of real paper. If that were so people would be typing names out of the phonebook onto "epetitions" and sending them far and wide to espouse whatever cause. Email petitions are a waste of time, and some people who include their addys get harvested by spammers.
2006-08-01 04:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they don't. And 99% of the time, they're not even aware they exist. And they won't pay attention, 'cause any idiot can type out a petition and just make up names to fill the slots.
2006-08-01 11:48:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i recieve these e-mails as well though not only in regaurds to immigration, i am not sure if any politicians would pay attention to it, though i have been told that by signing these petitions your ip address is captured in an attempt to prevent fraud though i have not looked into the matter to see if that is true
2006-08-01 17:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by sdo4tnr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO DEAR, WHO IS TO SAY IT'S NOT ONE PERSON TYPING IN 500 DIFFERENT NAMES
2006-08-01 11:53:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋