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In Australia, the signing the petition actually gets it heard in parliament if there's enough signatures.[0][1]

Is there a similar venture for your company?

[0] House of Representatives: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/petitions/petitions.ht...

[1] Senate: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/work/petitions/index.htm

In general in the US, if a petition gets enough signatures, then a representative takes it up as a topic. But there is no guarantee that a petition will have its hearing.

Are you saying that in AU there is a guarantee? How many signatures are required?

In switzerland, once a referendum request gathers enough signatures (500k for nationwide), the government is required to conduct a public referendum.

It's 50k, not 500k (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum#Switzerland)

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