Totaled Recall: Critics give up effort to force State Rep Mark Finchem to face a special election tucsonweekly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tucsonweekly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
March Finchem State Rep. Mark Finchem sent a cease and desist order to the group petitioning for his recall, threatening to sue the group for defamation. The Republican, who represents District 11, faces a recall by Rural Arizonans for Accountability, a group of his district s constituents, for spreading voter fraud conspiracy theories and his ties to the Stop the Steal rioters at the Jan. 6 Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Natali Fierros, co-executive Director of Rural Arizona Action, said they were approached by Finchem s constituents to help organize the recall. We exist to empower people, regular folks who are involved in the democratic system and really recalling an elected official is a power reserved for the people of Arizona by our state s constitution, said Fierros. If enough registered voters sign that petition and they agree that Finchem does lack integrity, that he is dangerous and an ineffective legislator, then it goes to the voters in that district to