north carolina had the most signatures on the constitution.
north carolina had the most signatures on the constitution.
which state had the most signatures on the constitution?
north carolina
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the organization reported having collected 11,020 signatures, but neither the constitution nor any complementary law authorizes a proposal of law by citizens without proving their right to vote. article 88 of the constitution does not refer to any signature, and the article 64 of the rules of the national assembly clearly request as quantum of proof a notarized affidavit. thus, the legal requisite for consideration by cuban national assembly is not a number at all, but the legal status of voter. the cuban national assembly's constitution and legal affairs committee did not suspend consideration of the varela project citizens' initiative, but responded to it with an expert opinion, dated on november 1, 2002, and forwarded to the promoters by courier on november 18 and by certified mail on november 26. this expert opinion dismissed the varela project because of formal and substantial grounds. formally, the varela project did not prove the voter status of those who had provided their names, national identification numbers, addresses, and signatures. also it wasn't presented as a proposal of law, but as a mix of allegations regarding legal issues that should be articulate as separate laws. moreover, the varela project mixed up referendum and popular consultation, which are two different constitutional issues. the cuban regime did not respond to the varela project with its own counter initiative, providing that the cuban constitution be amended to make permanent the socialist nature of the cuban state. such was the response to the u.s. president's speeches on may 20, 2002, and the foreign media broke the news that the huge mobilization — a typical resource of the cuban regime against the u.s. — for irrevocable socialism was the response to the varela project. in fact, the response was limited since the very beginning to the expert opinion by the aforementioned constitution and legal affairs committee. a bbc reporter noted that many cubans said they felt pressured into signing the government's petition. according to the united states state department, "activists reported increased harassment by state security agents. authorities arrested and detained varela activists, confiscated signatures, fined and threatened activists and signers, and forced signers to rescind signatures. state security impersonated canvassing volunteers and increasingly infiltrated the ranks of activists. in may and june, oswaldo paya reported state security agents visited and pressured more than 50 varela project signatories to retract their signatures and denounce the varela project activists who had collected their signatures."
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