31.   Last year, lawmakers adopted a measure to liberalize the law, but opponents challenged the proposal by gathering enough signatures to bring it to a nationwide vote.

32.   Murphy said he asked church leaders to gather signatures on the petition.

33.   On Thursday the Arkansas Supreme Court struck the proposition from the ballot, saying its supporters had used improper procedures, including forgery, to gather signatures.

34.   Only when the Shays-Meehan supporters gathered enough signatures on a petition to bring the bill to the floor did Gingrich relent.

35.   Outside the student center Monday, Bonfire supporters gathered signatures for a petition they will present Bowen during a student forum later this month.

36.   She started a letter-writing campaign and gathered signatures from local historians, preservationists and organizations.

37.   Signatures were gathered by the Council for a Livable World, a private group in Washington that lobbies for nuclear disarmament.

38.   Soon, Yane had a band of volunteers gathering signatures to put Perot on the ballot.

39.   Start gathering signatures.

40.   Still, a talk-show host in Atlanta said he would start gathering signatures immediately.