Signing a petition

Organizations use petitions to show public support for a cause and to deliver signatures to the people they're addressed to. You don't need an OrganizeOS account to sign one.

Signing

1. Open the petition's public page (shared as a link by the organization).
2. Enter your name and email. City, state, and ZIP are optional but help show where support is coming from.
3. Check the box if you'd also like updates from the organization.
4. Select Sign the petition.

If the petition has a signing deadline and it's passed, the form is replaced with the petition's final results instead.

Confirming your signature

After you submit, OrganizeOS sends a confirmation email. Your signature only counts toward the public total and reaches the petition's recipients once you click the confirmation link — this two-step process (sometimes called double opt-in) keeps signature counts honest. If you don't confirm, your name doesn't appear on the signer wall or in the count.

Signing again with the same email later doesn't create a duplicate — it's treated as the same signature.

What's public

The petition page shows a running total and a signer wall of names alongside city and state (if you provided them). Your email address is never shown publicly.

Why this matters

A petition is often the first, lowest-barrier way to back a cause you care about. Confirming your signature is what makes it count — an organization delivering "10,000 signatures" to a recipient needs those to be real, confirmed people, and the confirmation step is what makes that number trustworthy.