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May 29, 2003

The name game

David Gilliard, consultant to Darrell Issa’s Rescue California recall committee, says the price per signature is up to $1.40 -- thanks to the Davis forces’ move to pay for signatures on a legally meaningless petition opposing the recall. But he disputes my theory that the dueling petitions will lead to an all-out bidding war. “You have to remember,” Gilliard says, “that it’s a lot harder to gather signatures on a petition supporting Gray Davis. If someone can get 200 signatures on the recall petition in the same time they could get 25 on the Davis petition, which one are they going to circulate?” Good point.