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Newsjock

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Mon Apr 22, 2013, 07:14 PM Apr 2013

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.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20130422arpaio-recall-effort-enters-final-stretch.html

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Arpaio recall effort is 130k signatures short with one month to go (Original Post) Newsjock Apr 2013 OP
Thye are about 300k short. former9thward Apr 2013 #1

former9thward

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1. Thye are about 300k short.
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 07:28 PM
Apr 2013

The number of "good" signatures on petitions is normally about 70% in AZ. So they need about 500k in order to have at least the 335k they need. Almost impossible. It would be about 8500 signatures a day. Local Democrats and donors have walked away from the project.

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