Effort to recall state Sen. Wahab falls short after thousands of signatures invalidated

A RECALL CAMPAIGN against Bay Area state Sen. Aisha Wahab has failed due to a petition flaw leading to thousands of invalid signatures, proponents said.

The campaign needed at least 42,802 signatures by May 23 to be placed on the ballot, according to documents from the California Secretary of State — which campaign proponents said they had. But many of the petitions the state doled out were missing a signature line for signature gatherers, leading to missing signatures, a crucial component for the petitions to be valid.