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County Commons · a shared petition

Require federal agencies to publish government purchase-card spending item by item

The same ask, open in 1 counties in 1 states — 0 signatures in all. Each county's petition goes to that county's own officials and counts toward its own goal. Started by Brayden Sanders, founder of County Commons.

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This is a petition to your elected officials — like the clipboard at the courthouse door. It does not put anything on the ballot; in Arkansas and most states that takes ink signatures from registered voters. Signatures are counted, not verified — one per browser. Petitions in Clark County.