[halfdome]

I thought the recall effort was much closer to it's goal. In this article even the spokesperson from the recall seems to be acknowledging the 367,000 number. What gives?

[NormsRevenge]

Worry not. This is from the Murkery Newz , after all. The media bias rubber band is wound up supertight and working double overtime to spin old news and old numbers.

[demlosers]

Recall supporters have until Sept. 2 to turn in 897,158 valid names needed to put the governor's fate back in the hands of voters.

The goal is 1.2 million, but they only need:

897,158 - 865,000 = 32,158

The article does not make it clear.

[Az Joe]

There are still hundreds of thousands in the hands of the recall people that haven't been turned in yet, I would presume having worked on a recall in AZ in the '80s.

[discostu]

From what I've seen that's the number that's been turned in and verified. There's a lot of layers to a petition with smaller number as you dig deeper.