The petition drive against the harmonized sales tax is drawing signatures in two of the three local provincial constituencies.
As of late Friday night, 3,943 people in Prince George-Valemount and the total in Prince George-Mackenzie stood at 2,669.
Just 990 have signed in Nechako Lakes but organizer Mike Summers said that number will start to escalate now that volunteer signature gatherers have finally certified.
They need to collect at least 3,427 signatures in Prince George-Valemount, 3,243 in Prince George-Mackenzie and 1,615 in Nechako Lakes by July 5 but are aiming for half those totals again to be on the safe side.
If the signatures of more than 10 per cent of the registered voters in each of B.C.'s 85 provincial ridings are collected, it would force MLAs to either take the issue to referendum or reconsider the legislation to implement the HST, although there is some question over whether the result would be binding on the federal government in any way.
