The State Auditor also conducts audits for county and city governments lacking their own auditor or when requested by citizen petition.

The commonwealth term was used in citizen petitions submitted between 1786 and 1792 for the creation of the state, and in the Kentucky Constitution adopted in 1850.

It is believed to be the first citizen petition to call for the agency to move quickly to approve drugs.

The FDA is required by its own implementing regulations to respond to citizen petitions that responsibly allege harm from unsafe drugs.

If the president and Congress adequately financed the Fish and Wildlife Service, the agency could both respond to citizen petitions and pursue its own priorities.

In his opinion Korman wrote that "More than twelve years have passed since the citizen petition was filed and eight years since this lawsuit commenced.

Articles can be placed on the warrant by the town's executive board or by citizen petition.

This prohibited partisan filings by judicial candidates and required that they instead be nominated by citizen petition.

Some feel it would be simpler and fairer to enact a broad-based tax; in 2008, various Town Meetings considered citizen petitions against "The Pledge."

In 1990 and 1992, voters rejected a city-sponsored project for development of the waterfront after a similar citizen petition opposing the plan.