The White House has raised the number of signatures required for new petitions to receive a response from 25,000 to 100,000.
Only one open petition has crossed the 100,000 threshold, which indicates that very few new petitions will be able to gather enough signatures to receive a White House response.
We believe a lower threshold of 50,000 signatures reaches a better balance between the right of the people to petition their government and our government's need to conserve resources in responding to petitions.
The White House should lower the number of signatures required for new petitions to receive a response from 100,000 to 50,000.