New Mexico: Treasurer recall fails to get enough signatures
The effort to force Bernalillo County Treasurer Manny Ortiz into a recall election failed to gather enough signatures.
It was always a long shot, given that roughly 82,400 signatures were required. By contrast, it takes only about 14,000 signatures to propose legislation in Albuquerque through a petition initiative.
George Richmond, who describes himself as a good-government activist, said he collected fewer than 5,000 signatures.
He did succeed, of course, in calling attention to problems within the treasurer’s office.
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