Petition to recall Calgary mayor is filed without reaching target, organizer says
The deadline to submit the petition to recall Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek has passed, and the man who started it all says there are 72,271 names in total, which is 442,013 shy of the target.
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![Landon Johnston, the Calgarian business owner who launched the petition against Mayor Jyoti Gondek, handed in boxes of signatures on Thursday. Johnston says he counted 71,217 signatures total. two photos. a man wheels a cart of brown boxes. a man speaks into microphones.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7164208.1712271436!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/landon-johnston-recall-petition-deadline-scrum.jpg)
The deadline to submit the petition to recall Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek has passed, and the man who started it all says there are 72,271 names in total, which is 442,013 shy of the target.