1.   That announcement came as the Reform Party officially launched its own petition drive to win Texas ballot access in November.

2.   Already, most of Pennsylvania and nine counties in New York have dropped the fuel, while activists in Kentucky are mounting a petition drive to ban it.

3.   Among the states with petition drives under way are Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

4.   And it gives activists pushing for a public study and vote on Valley cityhood an important boost in the weeks before they launch a petition drive.

5.   And last week, Ashcroft started an on-line petition drive, soliciting support for congressional term limits, one of his favorite causes.

6.   Anderson attributes the tough going in the petition drive to circulation of a term limits petition that drained volunteers and resources.

7.   Angered, she started a petition drive to make union membership open to all races and became the first African-American union member at the plant.

8.   At the news conference, he announced yet another petition drive.

9.   Bonzal, a former township commissioner whose home has been recommended for recognition, is leading a petition drive against landmarking.

10.   A judge found no overt racism in the campaign, which included a petition drive that drew the names of Julia Child and David Ives of WGBH-TV.