11.   Feldman said the rule was not meant to block candidates, and added that letting anyone collect signatures would allow those outside a district to work against a lawmaker.

12.   Fifty Chinese organizations in the San Francisco area are helping to collect signatures for the petition and the topic has dominated Chinese newspapers and radio shows, Liu said.

13.   For the last few years it has collected signatures for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to work for a living wage.

14.   He and his staff have until early July to collect the signatures.

15.   He even collected qualifying signatures on his own to get on the ballot.

16.   He also said that it would eliminate the time and effort involved in collecting petition signatures.

17.   He must also collect signatures by the July petition deadline.

18.   He pointed out that the Democratic Party requires candidates to collect the signatures of just five-tenths of one percent of registered Democrats in each district.

19.   Her husband helped her by driving her around while she collected signatures while her eldest daughter, who works for a company, prepared dinner.

20.   His stand has prompted a petition in Parliament for impeachment proceedings, but not enough signatures have been collected yet to move the measure forward.