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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.
But yesterday, reports the Times , the Supremes struck down Colorado's laws requiring that circulators of initiative petitions be registered to vote in the state and wear identifying badges, and have their name, address and pay on file.
The FRC invited the men to sign petitions for the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, thereby adding their names to its political database.
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.
In a separate action aimed at the same interstate NOx transport problem, in January 2000, EPA finalized a rule which was issued in response to petitions from several northeastern states under section 126 of the CAA.