I wonder how many signatures they'd get if you didn't have to create an account with all of your personal information to do so. I'm sure the last thing most people that would consider signing the petition want to do is provide the current administration with all of their info and a signed statement that they want the state they live in to secede.

I see two problems with these people doing this (if it's legit):

1) They most likely will not get the signatures needed because of my point above.

2) The government will use it against them by saying that the people that agree with the concerns/beliefs of the people that created these petitions are a very small minority as they couldn't get the required 25K signatures.