Clear ask, named decision-maker
A petition that ends up in the bin shares features: vague demands, the wrong recipient, no deadline. A petition that works:
• ONE clear, specific ask ('install pedestrian crossing at X' beats 'make our streets safer'). • ADDRESSED to the named official with the power to decide. • EXPLAIN why now (one paragraph of context). • 50–500 LOCAL signatures matter more than 50,000 global ones. • A DEADLINE for a response.
Follow up. Local government moves at the pace of follow-up.
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