31.   Last summer, volunteers collected signatures for the initiative.

32.   Later, a grass-roots organization formed to collect signatures to put the matter of background checks before the public as a ballot initiative.

33.   Ms. Komisar says the ballot went out prematurely, before she had a chance to collect signatures as a write-in candidate.

34.   My husband, who is a cradle Republican, stood with me and collected signatures.

35.   Ms. Saunders has accused the councilman of fraud, charging in a lawsuit that a person who collected nominating signatures for Warden actually lives in New Jersey.

36.   One guy in my office happened to collect presidential signatures, so he had a lot of catalogs.

37.   Only two of the districts that Buchanan collected enough signatures for are in New York City.

38.   Opponents of a domestic partners registry approved by Santa Clara County supervisors have begun collecting signatures to try to overturn the vote through a referendum.

39.   Opponents tried to collect enough signatures last year for a referendum to repeal the law.

40.   Opponents said they would challenge the measure by collecting enough signatures for a nationwide vote.