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An online petition with over a million signatures has asked Globo to implement a live fact-checking system for claims made by both candidates during the debate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Multiple Sundial staff members quit in protest, while some circulated a petition calling for the publication to cease operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The vote was called earlier this year by the province's leader, Danielle Smith, in response to a public petition.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

A group of citizens began circulating a petition late in July to give residents the ability to vote on whether data centers should be allowed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The petition submitted to the First Congress under his signature, then, was essentially the same proposal he had wanted to introduce at the Convention.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

She made it easier for them to hold a vote, lowering the number of signatures needed on petitions to trigger a referendum and giving them more time to collect them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The new designations “are an important step forward” for the effort, said Sandy Aylesworth, director of the Pacific Initiative at the Natural Resources Defense Council, which co-sponsored both petitions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

The case has sent shockwaves through Sri Lanka, sparking widespread concern and civil society petitions across the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Supreme Court typically receives between 7,000 and 8,000 petitions in a given term, and it grants full review and argument to about 1%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In the evenings she reads while Etienne makes phone calls, petitions repatriation authorities, and writes letters.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

After being stung by the price swings, farmers petitioned Congress, and future U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Fr Willie Doyle Association petitioned the Irish Church to support its proposal for his canonisation, and the Church opened a diocesan inquiry in 2022.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The lawsuit, filed in South Carolina state court on Thursday by Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Co. and Southern Atlantic Re, comes days after state Insurance Director Michael Wise petitioned to place both companies into rehabilitation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Eighteen parishioners successfully petitioned the Duke of Beaufort to remove Byfield from the position.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Before long, they petitioned the state to change the prison’s name back to Sing Sing, and in 1983, the state did.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Convincing individuals of this, particularly those personally affected like the petitioning New Yorkers, will be the hardest part of moving forward.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Cherneff: Almost immediately after emancipation in Maryland, there were reports of parents petitioning for the freedom of their children.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Alison Fure, 68, is petitioning Kingston Council to begin phasing out plastic decorative items, including ornaments, flowers, and windmills, on graves.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

Constellation is petitioning the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to bypass that delay.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

“They’re talking about petitioning the governor and demonstrating over in Annapolis,” she said.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings