As mentioned in our Content Policy, “​"petitions on the Civic Shout platform must be based on advocacy efforts calling on a particular decision-maker or decision-making body to take a specific action."

This is a Civic Shout requirement because we have found that nothing works as well as advocacy petitions for opt-in email list growth. While pledge campaigns and "join the campaign/cause" style forms can sometimes work for acquisition, they often result in a much lower response rate than straightforward advocacy petitions.

We recommend using advocacy petitions that are squarely in your organization’s wheelhouse, ideally focused on specific topics you’re actively working on or prioritizing working on in the near future.