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One thing I, as a non-american, haven't quite understood: do you have to be an American for your vote to count on this website?

• sinak 14y ago
  Hey, petition starter here. As far as I can tell - no.
  • kbenson 14y ago
    That's... odd. Truthfully, I have distinctive knee-jerk reactions in both directions about that. On one hand, US policies often have global ramifications (although I'm cynical enough to think that nothing a petition here will affect will have enough importance to matter in that respect). Also, it's often useful to get the perspective of people in general, wherever they are in the world, in case there's some sort of general consensus (although it would be a consensus of educated internet accessing elites in many parts of the world...) On the other hand, it's a site for the US government to solicit information from US citizens. People from other countries registering their opinion doesn't really fit all that well with that goal.
  • andremedeiros 14y ago
    Thank you for starting this. Even though it's US based only, if it pulls through it will set a very good precedent that can be replicated towards other countries. Hope you get it up to 100k. Good luck!