LOS ANGELES—A company that gathers petition signatures for state and local ballot measures sued the committee attempting to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón Monday, alleging in federal court that recall organizers owe the signature-collecting firm at least $469,596 for unpaid work.
Let the Voters Decide alleges that the Committee for the Recall of District Attorney George Gascón contracted in February with the Florida-based company to obtain enough signatures to force a recall of the district attorney, according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles.
According to the lawsuit, the company was hired to work at the committee’s direction by using its network of signature collectors to initially assist in gathering 400,000 signatures at a 75 percent validation rate, for a total of 300,000 validated signatures, by May 4, for the recall effort….