"Petition effort" refers to a collective action taken by a group of people who unite to gather signatures in support of a specific cause or request. Full definition
This contrasts with other petition efforts around the country. (theatlantic.com)
The MTGP Coordinator Danielle Breck stated that «The Montana Green Party has repeatedly shown, through our various petitioning efforts, that we do, in fact, have the «modicum of voter support» the law requires and that our candidates are not «frivolous,» but rather provide an important alternative to pre-selected, unresponsive, corporate controlled candidates offered by the two - party oligarchy. (gp.org)
«Our volunteer base was drained from petition efforts in June and July and a lot of them signed petitions, so it was tricky. (auburnpub.com)