如果志愿者答应要搜集300个请愿签名，那么“299个也不行，因为目标是300个，”哈维尔说，“米歇尔会大为光火。”

If a volunteer promised to gather 300 petition signatures, "299 did not work because 300 was the goal," Harwell says. "You met the wrath of Michelle."

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一个面积小且倾向趋于一致的州（比如说，蒙大拿州）可以使这一程序变得简单，签名收集工作也可以由那些循规守旧的志愿者完成。

In a small, homogeneous state that makes the process easy (Montana, say), signature-gathering might be done by old-fashioned volunteers.

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在拉美激进分子Randy Parraz的动员下，志愿者们在梅瑟市被日光炙烤的街头收集市民的签名。

Mobilised by Randy Parraz, a Latino activist, volunteers stood on Mesa's sun-scorched streets and collected signatures.

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