[at-l] Forest Service Blocks E-Mail Comments

[Charles Copeland" <charles@xxxxxxxxxx (Charles Copeland)]

> So use your computer to write a letter, print it, sign it and mail it.
> >
> > But on the other hand, it is too easy to just sign a protest petition.
> > Individual messages should mean something else.  It still takes time to
> > write out your own thoughts and feelings.
> >
> > Also, what is the difference between signing a online petition and
signing
> > one in person?
>
> Ease of forgery. Anyone can type your name or for that matter hundreds of
> names very easily. Handwritten signatures are tougher. Admitedly either
can
> be faked and neither has any legal force anyway.
>
>
A recall petition has a *lot* of legal force - as does a petition to get
yourself on a ballot!


Charles