How a petition works in a democracy:
People get hired to stand outside grocery stores with clipboards and ask everyone to sign the petition to get it on the ballot.
Citizens ask questions about the petition and the person offering the petition has no answers.
Eventually enough people sign and it gets on the ballot.
It is worded in a manner to be appealing when read quickly without any thought to ramifications.
The petition passes.
How a petition works in a dictatorship:
Shut up. There are no petitions. Get back to work.
