Its prime goal was to circulate a petition, which received 6,000 signaturestwo thirds of the electorate.

Within a few months, they began circulating a petition for my resignation.

Indeed, to many of his contemporaries he was something between foolish and frightening-the citizens of one town where he took up residence circulated a petition to have him expelled.

She warned initiative sponsors that permission to circulate the petitions could be revoked unless the offensive activities stopped.

His tenure as mayor was not without some criticism, as several political adversaries circulated a petition to have him recalled as mayor.