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Comment by obi1kenobi | Hacker News Reader

Please also remember to sign the petition, in addition to discussing it in the comments! 100k signatures is a lot, but not for HackerNews ;)

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Question: Can people outside the US sign the petition as well, or does it have more validity if only US residents sign it?

I want to sign it, but don't want it to be used against the petition later if someone in the administration says it is a 'fake petition' because x% of outside the US jurisdiction signed it.

Don't sign if you're not a US citizen, exactly due to the reason you pointed out. We want the numbers as valid as possible, rather than as large as possible.

Well, Trump will just say it was rigged anyway and lots of fake signatures etc.

Is the site broken or delayed or something? There was 1 signature, I signed it (and verified my email) and it still says there is 1 signature.

^same

The petition just got created under an hour ago, and the signature counter probably doesn't update in real time.

It is still at 1 signature.

I signed, too, but I didn't see an update in the signature count either. According to https://www.buzzfeed.com/blakemontgomery/signatures-on-the-w... We the People is experiencing technical difficulties at present; the Trump administration said it was "a question of high volume."

And share with others. This is only one poor guy, but there's plenty more like him out there who have done everything right and jumped through the USCIS hoops to get here legally with the goal of improving their (and potentially their family's) life. This is beyond wrong and now is not the time to sit on our hands.

EDIT: Link looks like it is currently broken for me too.

link is working for me but it only shows 1 person has signed it so far, which I think is just a software error

You know, it turns out only ONE, just ONE signed the petition. It was probably Hillary. You know, I going to create my own petition and it's going to be GREAT. It's going to be the best petition.

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