Published Friday, January 1, 2021
by Cole Lauterbach | The Center Square
(The Center Square) - An Arizona group that sought to remove Gov. Doug Ducey from office over his COVID-19 mitigation strategies has called off their campaign.
Accountable Arizona, the nonpartisan group behind the Recall Doug Ducey effort, announced that it would no longer collect signatures, risking their volunteers to infection. COVID-19 is completely out of control in Arizona, and as a pro-public health group, we have tried to be as creative as possible in gathering signatures; however, Ducey s willful fecklessness has made it impossible, the group said in a statement. Our organization is all volunteer and we do not feel comfortable continuing to send our volunteers out to collect signatures, especially when we are met with harassment from anti-maskers at every signing location we hold. 40% of the total COVID-19 cases in Arizona this year have come in the last five weeks alone, yet Gov. Ducey an
Group drops effort to recall Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey as COVID-19 cases surge Maria Polletta, Arizona Republic
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A nonpartisan group that sought to recall Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has suspended its efforts, deeming it impossible to safely gather enough signatures as infections surge.
Accountable Arizona would need to collect more than 400,000 additional signatures by Jan. 16 to force a special election. It took the group three-plus months to gather the roughly 150,000 signatures it already has. Our organization is all volunteer, and we do not feel comfortable continuing to send our volunteers out to collect signatures, the campaign said in a statement released Tuesday, stressing that 40% of the total COVID-19 cases in Arizona this year have come in the last five weeks alone.