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Re:Why We’re Raising the Signature Threshold for We the People by rikacomet on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @07:35PM (#5064205)
what is the 25k here?
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Re:Why We’re Raising the Signature Threshold for We the People by btilly on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @07:46PM (#5064276)
That is the old threshold for petitions.

Note that 400 is a strict overestimate if votes were evenly divided between petitions. But some petitions get 2x the vote total, and some don't reach the threshold. So the real number is significantly less. But the trend is clear.

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Re:Why We’re Raising the Signature Threshold for We the People by troist on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @07:39PM (#5064234)
The current amount of votes for a petition.
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