"submit a petition to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to presenting an official request for action to an authority or other organization. For example, "The citizens of the town submitted a petition to the local council to stop the construction of a new factory near their homes."
Mazzini then had his friend Thomas Duncombe, a Member of Parliament, submit a petition to the House of Commons.
Any German citizen may submit a petition to the Bundestag, either in writing or online, and have it published on the official forums to allow discussion and gather support.
When lawyers submit a petition to the high court, their names are on the cover of the filing.
During March 1964, the Legislative Assembly in Salisbury considered and passed Lardner-Burke's motion that the Governor, Sir Humphrey Gibbs, should submit a petition to the Queen requesting alteration of Section 111 of the 1961 constitution so that the Royal Assent described therein would be exercised at the request of the Southern Rhodesian government rather than that of its British counterpart.
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Mr. Perry had submitted a petition to be on the ballot, accompanied by about 12,000 signatures.
On Wednesday, his lawyers submitted a petition to a state appeals court.
He was part of a group of scholars who submitted a petition to the Chongqing authorities requesting the safeguarding of the cemetery as a "cultural preservation site".
In Wales students and student unions this year submitted a petition to the Welsh Assembly calling for a consultation of the private rented sector.
Gianluca Buonanno, a member of the Northern League in the Italian lower house of Parliament, said he had submitted a petition to the Interior Ministry demanding identification of camp occupants.
