I agree too, petitioning needs the same trusting process than voting, it is just the context that differs. Philippe <div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/20 Michael Allan <<a href="mailto:mike@zelea.com">mike@zelea.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thomas has taken an interest in petitions. I just learned that all local councils in England will soon be required to introduce e-petitioning: <a href="http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/7jFvGVxfBPfpLCkFMWQfhZ" target="_blank">http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/7jFvGVxfBPfpLCkFMWQfhZ</a> Opportunity for us? They have poor detection of sock puppets, for example. They seem to depend on central, clerical oversight: <a href="http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1211674" target="_blank">http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1211674</a> Be nice to open it up with common petitioner registration, tight lists, and signature mirroring across sites. The use cases are similar to public voting (I agree with Thomas). -- Michael Allan Toronto, +1 647-436-4521 <a href="http://zelea.com/" target="_blank">http://zelea.com/</a> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Votorola" group. To post to this group, send an email to <a href="mailto:votorola@googlegroups.com">votorola@googlegroups.com</a>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to <a href="mailto:votorola%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com">votorola+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>. For more options, visit this group at <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/votorola?hl=en-GB" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/votorola?hl=en-GB</a>. </blockquote></div>