1.   Ironically, Perot could have avoided the petition process in Maine had he Decided to form his party sooner.

2.   But in the absence of any consensus on that, the petition process continues to pick up speed.

3.   Candidates who did not meet either criterion could still go through the petition process.

4.   Candidates who do not make it through either of those routes could still reach the ballot through the difficult petition process.

5.   Critics say the reliance on outside professionals goes against the populist spirit of the petition process.

6.   Does Sizemore worry that he and his group are perhaps overdoing the petition process by submitting half a dozen initiatives for a single election?

7.   In the hallways, campaign aides intensely debated the finer points of the petition process.

8.   It is the second time the petition process has been postponed.

9.   It is very difficult to get a referendum on the ballot in the city through the petition process, let alone win the approval of the voters.