Arpaio recall effort is 130k signatures short with one month to go
Source: Arizona Republic
The effort to recall Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio enters its last month needing more than 130,000 valid voters to sign the recall petition in order to force an election.
Organizers of the recall effort on Monday said they have collected 200,359 signatures, still far short of the 335,000 signatures they are required to file by May 30 in order to force Arpaio into a recall election.
Arpaio was elected in November to his sixth consecutive term in office in one of the closest races he has endured. Arpaio received nearly 680,000 votes to best his closest opponent, former Phoenix police Sgt. Paul Penzone, who finished with nearly 600,000 votes. A third candidate, former Scottsdale police Lt. Mike Stauffer, received about 62,000 votes.
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