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no, that is an act of theft
As I understand it, even if you are too young to vote, you have a right to assemble, and a right to petition your school. Unless there is a specific law in your community giving them that right, or unless they can prove that your actions are disrupting the educational process, they would be committing an act of theft to take the petition from you and interfering with your legal right to petition (inside or outside of school) in which case you will need to have your parents contact the school board and police.
If, however, there is a specific law giving them that right, they would still only be able to act on it on school grounds. If outside the school but still on school grounds they might still get away with it but if you are in a public side walk in front of the school talking to people coming and going they may not do so because you are not under school jurisdiction and a lawsuit may be filed if they attempt to do so.
Also, if you walk inside a school with a petition that you already had signed in order to submit the petition and they take it from you simply because they know what it is that is theft even if they otherwise have the power to stop the collecting of signature on school grounds, they may not disrupt your right to petition your school.
You would need to contact your local city council about the specifics of local laws. It would also be wise to maintain copies and instead submit the signatures using certified mail.
Source(s):College American Government Textbook.
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