WE DELETE SPAM!
FYI, our petition count spiked from 120 to 163 signatures in November, so I checked the petition to see what resource was now proving to be the clincher. It turned-out that people from all over the world were posting SPAM on our petition site in the Signature Comments and Blog sections, selling handbags, Air Jordan knock-offs, sunglasses, etc. One comment was even a complaint posted where someone paid for and hadn't received the "product." We immediately removed the spammers, and reported the activity to ipetitions.