We The People Petition Signature Requirement Bumped To 100,000 337
New submitter schneidafunk writes with news that the White House is raising the signature requirement for petitions from 25,000 to 100,000. From the source: "When we first raised the threshold — from 5,000 to 25,000 — we called it 'a good problem to have.' 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. ... In the first 10 months of 2012, it took an average of 18 days for a new petition to cross the 25,000-signature threshold. In the last two months of the year, that average time was cut in half to just 9 days, and most petitions that crossed the threshold collected 25,000 signatures within five days of their creation. More than 60 percent of the petitions to cross threshold in all of 2012 did so in the last two months of the year."
IOW, we're making it harder get a response... (Score:5, Funny)
"We're so pleased at the response, we're going to make it that much more difficult to earn a response from this office. Good luck!"
Shenanigans.
Next stop, 1 Million!
Yay.
Re:IOW, we're making it harder get a response... (Score:5, Funny)
How about a petition to lower the requirement? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:IOW, we're making it harder get a response... (Score:5, Funny)
Okay. How about if there's an overwhelming number of petitions for ridiculous garbage like building Death Stars or annexing Canada? What should they consider doing then?
Build the Death Star, then use it to annex Canada
Re:IOW, we're making it harder get a response... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:IOW, we're making it harder get a response... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:IOW, we're making it harder get a response... (Score:4, Funny)
Or applying Randian Libertarianism to reality??
The last time I tried applying randy libertarianism to reality, I had to attend a sexual harassment class....
Re:IOW, we're making it harder get a response... (Score:4, Funny)
"We fought for freedom and all we got was democracy"
- Pieter-Dirk Uys