1.   They gather nominating petition signatures for lawmakers, raise money for them and sometimes even run their re-election campaigns.

2.   Another dubious provision makes it more onerous than before to file statewide petitions by requiring that candidates identify individual petition signatures by congressional district.

3.   Around the South, petition signatures also must be collected in Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, according to the Reform Party USA.

4.   But now that the Senate has passed a comparable reform bill, each petition signature becomes far more meaningful.

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

6.   In addition to eliminating rules governing the way petitions are bundled and stapled, the legislation also cancels the need to record election and assembly districts of petition signatures.

7.   It was still short when the full count was completed comparing petition signatures with voter registration records.

8.   It would also establish uniform rules on when and where petition signatures can be collected.

9.   It would mandate a uniform number of petition signatures in all states for parties and candidates seeking such things as official recognition and ballot position in federal elections.

10.   Later, a move to have Pacht recalled never gained enough petition signatures to put it on the ballot.