Not quite LBN anymore, but I never saw this posted. At least it was a right-wing group that failed, so this can't be shown to be yet another example of liberal failings.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=511&ncid=511&e=3&u=/ap/20031125/ap_on_el_gu/nevada_recallCARSON CITY, Nev. - An anti-tax group trying to oust Gov. Kenny Guinn gave up Monday after failing to gather enough signatures to get the recall on the ballot.
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Hansen said more than 51,000 signatures were gathered — far short of the 128,109 needed to force a vote next year. But recall leaders listed only three names on their petition with the secretary of state's office Monday. The deadline for signatures was Tuesday.