Critics of Ariz. legislator who sponsored immigration law file petitions to force recall (Pearce)

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Source: Associated Press

PHOENIX — Critics of an Arizona legislator who sponsored the state’s controversial immigration law filed petitions Tuesday to force a recall election for the Mesa Republican.

The requirement to do so is 7,756 voter signatures from Senate President Russell Pearce’s legislative district.

Recall proponents say they filed petitions bearing 18,315 signatures. But campaign chairman Chad Snow acknowledged thousands of those might be duplicates or signatures of people who live outside Pearce’s district.

“We want those extra petition signatures to send a message,” Snow said. “We want to send a message to Sen. Pearce, to every legislator down here at the Arizona Legislature that this kind of extreme, ideologically driven policies will no longer be tolerated in our state.”

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/critics-of-ariz-legislator-who-sponsored-immigration-law-file-petitions-to-force-recall/2011/05/31/AGslzfFH_story.html

[SoapBox]

1. Way Cool!

...needs to be geared up nationwide.

Recall The Thugs!

[Wait Wut]

2. This was actually reported in our LOCAL paper....

...which is the most widely distributed toilet paper in our county, so it seems to be accurate. The article received many whinings and complainings from our teaper citizens. They love him here 'cause of his anti-immigratin' spewings.

Oh...and he is not my Senator so I couldn't sign the petition. I have signed the recall for my local Rep. Pierce, who is actually not a bad guy (used to be my neighbor), but is an unintelligent pawn of our local richmeisters. Not sure if that one is going to get anywhere. Phx has a much larger blue population than we do up here in hell.

[iwishiwas]

3. GREAT. WE have 6 recalls of repugs in WI so far.

[jerseyjack]

4. Keep on going after those bastids. Make 'em pay.

[classysassy]

5. Recalling Pearce

will not happen,too many Mormons and old morons in his district.