Another effort to recall LA County DA George Gascón fails

Another effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón was rejected Monday, the county clerk’s office announced.

According to the county clerk’s office, organizers submitted only 520,050 valid petition signatures. The recall effort required 566,857.

Recall organizers submitted a total of 715,833 petition signatures to the county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office. 

County officials initially conducted a random sampling of the signatures to verify their validity. Based on that initial sampling, the county undertook an effort to verify all 715,833 signatures individually.

On Monday, the county announced that 195,783 of the signatures were invalid. County officials said there were more than 45,000 duplicate signatures and others who signed were not registered to vote.

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