WOODBRIDGE — Twin sisters living in New Jersey hope to deliver 125,000 signatures to Gov. Chris Christie today collected from people urging him to sign into law a controversial pig bill with presidential implications.

Abigail and Elizabeth Fournier, 17, are scheduled to bring their 125,000 signatures to the Statehouse today and present them to his office. The list contains names of people supporting legislation to ban gestation crates for pigs, which Christie will need to take action on no later than early December.

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Christie vetoed a similar proposal last year that led the bill’s proponents to accuse the governor, who’s mulling a 2016 bid for the White House, of putting presidential politics ahead of the will of the New Jersey people, who overwhelming support banning the practice.

“We now have more than 125,000 signatures from Americans of every political background who all believe in the humane treatment of animals,” Elizabeth Fournier said in a statement. “We’re delivering the petition directly to Governor Christie’s office as a reminder that the public expects his support, and we hope we can talk to him briefly if he’s in town.”

The governor’s office hasn’t said whether Christie is in the Statehouse today or whether he would agree to meet with supporters of the bill.

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But one person Christie has talked to at least twice on the issue is Gov. Terry Branstad, Iowa's popular governor who Christie campaigned for four times in recent months. According to published reports, Branstad had at least two conversations with Christie urging him not to support the bill.

Iowa is home to millions of pigs and the National Pork Producers Council. The state also hosts the nation’s first presidential caucus.

Proponents of the bill, including its sponsor, state Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Union), have charged the governor with basing his decisions with the wrong constituents in mind.

"I've said Governor Christie cares more about the first Republican presidential caucus in Iowa, headquarters of the National Pork Producers Council, than the suffering of mother pigs," he said in a statement this week. "Governor Christie, prove me wrong, sign my legislation and put an end to this cruel practice in New Jersey."

The New Jersey twins gathered the petitions from the Internet. They are self-described young Republicans, but are too young to officially register with the GOP.

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