The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom is continuing to gain traction, with at least 1.25 million signatures collected out of the nearly 1.5 million verified signatures required to call a special election. Anne Hyde Dunsmore of Rescue California—the organization behind the effort—told The Epoch Times that the campaign expects to reach 1.3 million signatures by Jan. 29. With seven weeks to go before the March 17 deadline, Rescue California ultimately hopes to see about 1.8 million signatures, as many are often removed during the process of validation. During validation, signatures can be removed because of duplicates, if the person is not a registered voter, or other reasons. Dunsmore said that the county registrar’s office noted an 84 percent validity rate so far based on the last reported number in early January, but that direct mail-in signatures have been at around 98 percent validity. Once submitted to the registrar’s office, these mail-in petitions will help to increase the validity rate. Dunsmore, Rescue California’s …