Officials may ignore you, but the more names you have on your petition, the harder it will be to ignore your petition. See Handout 5, A Sample Petition. However, for some actions you may want to be more inventive, for example, creating a giant petition on a roll of butcher paper. The petition should not be too hard to mail, however. This should appear at the top of every petition page so that people know what they are signing.
Some petitions require addresses as proof that the signers are taxpayers in the area.
For a sample petition, click here. Number the lines for easy totaling. Always get a parent, teacher, or other adult to go with you. The better you treat the people you approach, the more likely they are to sign your petition. Some people you ask to sign may disagree with your ideas and try to argue with you.