Is that in response to the Death Star question??? On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > ** > Scotty Starnes posted: " They know they're about to get swamped with > petitions after Obama's executive order frenzy. WhiteHouse.gov: When we > launched We the People, none of us knew how popular it would be, but it's > exceeded our wildest expectations. Through the past year," Respond to > this post by replying above this line > New post on *Scotty Starnes's Blog* > <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> White House > Changes the Number of Signatures Needed to Get a White House Response > on > Petitions<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/white-house-changes-the-number-of-signatures-needed-to-get-a-white-house-response-on-petitions/> > by > Scotty Starnes <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> > > [image: > White-House-Petition]<http://scottystarnes.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/white-house-petition.jpg> > > They know they're about to get swamped with petitions after Obama's > executive order frenzy. > > WhiteHouse.gov<http://m.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/01/15/why-we-re-raising-signature-threshold-we-people> > : > > When we launched We the People <https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/>, none > of us knew how popular it would be, but it's exceeded our wildest > expectations. Through the past year, interest in We the People exploded and > we're closing in on 10 million signatures. > > When we first raised the threshold — from 5,000 to 25,000 — we called it "a > good problem to > have<http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/10/03/good-problem-have-raising-signature-threshold-white-house-petitions>." > Turns out that "good problem" is only getting better, so we're making > another adjustment to ensure we’re able to continue to give the most > popular ideas the time they deserve. > > Starting today, as we move into a second term, petitions must receive > 100,000 signatures in 30 days in order to receive an official response from > the Obama Administration. This new threshold applies only to petitions > created from this point forward and is not retroactively applied to ones > that already exist. > > In the last two months of 2012, use of We the People more than doubled. In > just that time roughly 2.4 million new users joined the system, 73,000 > petitions were created and 4.9 million signatures were registered. > > As we’ve seen overall use skyrocket, more petitions are crossing the > threshold — and doing so much more quickly. > > Continue > reading>>><http://m.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/01/15/why-we-re-raising-signature-threshold-we-people> > *Scotty Starnes<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> > * | January 17, 2013 at 8:30 AM | Tags: > petition<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=petition>, > President Obama <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=president-obama>, > signatures <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=signatures>, We the > People <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=we-the-people>, White > House <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=white-house> | Categories: > Political > Issues <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?cat=35145> | URL: > http://wp.me/pvnFC-9CE > > > Comment<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/white-house-changes-the-number-of-signatures-needed-to-get-a-white-house-response-on-petitions/#respond> > See all > comments<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/white-house-changes-the-number-of-signatures-needed-to-get-a-white-house-response-on-petitions/#comments> > > Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage > Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=80d8873ee52adffe4e178d01c25562cf&email=goosepickles%40gmail.com>. > > > *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: > > http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/white-house-changes-the-number-of-signatures-needed-to-get-a-white-house-response-on-petitions/ > Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com> > > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- brine http://brineb.blogspot.com/ -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
