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Online Petitions: Is it time to get rid of the clipboard?

by Elena Veatch

You don’t need a clipboard for online petitions, but you do need a strategy. Online petitions are a great way to bolster your supporter base around an issue. You can use a digital action as a hook to get folks involved with your campaign or cause in the long run. List building isn’t always easy, quick, or cheap—make sure you plan ahead so you can do it right and make the most out of your new supporters.

Causes

With Causes, constituents can easily contact, demand action from, and hold their lawmakers accountable. Causes allows you to put petitions onto the site, get people to sign your petition, create and share videos, and take action. 

 

Change.org

Change.org is a great place to launch a petition and grow your base of support. Direct your petition at a politician, corporation, organization, or person, and share it on social media and other platforms to grow your list of supporters. 

Care2

The original petition site, Care2 offers free and sponsored petition options to help you influence decision-makers and grow your list. 

Action Network

Action Network is a fantastic petition tool for your site with a growing suite of other campaign tools (think mass emails and surveys) built for progressive organizations and campaigns. It is great for collaborative, coalition-based efforts. Action Network is also embeddable, so you can keep your branding consistent.