Agreed. Harassment is conduct, not speech. Nothing in the article even hints that the people petitioning elected officials are doing anything harassing according to the law. I know that people call it "harassment" when they hear things they'd rather not hear, but that alone is not harassment according to the law.
// Nothing in the article even hints that the people petitioning elected officials are doing anything harassing according to the law.//
Yeah they are. Maybe not this article but read the others - threats, intimidation, stalking, number of calls, times of calls all harassment under the law.
Where did you get your law degree? Cracker Jack?