Client- start-my-petition.org Make online e-petition where people sign in their own handwriting.

start-my-petition.org is an organization that allows a party to create an online petition whereby visitors can sign their names in their own handwriting using a mouse. The petition can then be printed to a hardcopy and mailed to Senators, legislators, etc.

Online e-petitions

The Author Writes: "I noticed a fatal flaw in the typical e-petition: Anonymity. I found that anyone could sign (actually, just "type") his name to a petition with a made-up name and fake email. So I developed a system that allows real people to sign de facto -- actually write their names.
The Electronic Signatures Act of 2000 helps make these signatues binding and viable."

Open this Website

The e-signature software allows people to sign in writing, then it smoothes, resizes, and fits the signature into the petition. The system also creates a graphical watermark over each digial signature binding each unique written signature to the document it is associated with.

Address:	www.start-my-petition.org

Pricing:	Note: Start-my-petition.org is free, below is what was charged to design the original site: $1200 for website design and CGI scripting.

Hosting	$150/month. (Large scale hosting)

Specs:	Approx 10 pages plus dozens of self generating pages generated by new petitions; original artwork and design; promotion to search engines; extensive software in Java, Javascript, PHP, CGI, and others. Project is ongoing and continuing to grow successfully.

Note: Petitions and Guesbooks generated at start-my-petition.org are often expressed at thiscause.org. Visit to see some examples.