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The project will enable victims of domestic violence to use teleconferencing and videoconferencing technology and on-line filing to confer with Pine Tree advocates, prepare and file Protection from Abuse petitions, and confer with judges if necessary, all without leaving the security of a domestic violence shelter.
In California, the Campaign for Digital Democracy is collecting digital petitions for a ballot initiative that would legalize Internet voting--though virtual signatures aren't legally valid, at least not yet.
It is easy to imagine that an Internet movement could spring up to oppose, for example, Vermont's gay-marriage ruling: A drive targeted at conservatives could collect thousands of electronic petitions in no time and solicit contributions for anti-gay marriage politicians.
EPA's requirement, adopted in response to section 126 petitions, that sources in a number of eastern states reduce NOx emissions was recently upheld by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Eleven of them filed divorce petitions -the first step to getting divorced.