Dean Logan's office was responsible for counting the petitions to recall George Gascon.
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The John Phillips ShowOct 17, 2026
Multiple sources confirm that Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan's office examined and verified the 715,833 signatures submitted to recall District Attorney George Gascón, finding 520,050 valid, short of the 566,857 required. The post's 'counting' corresponds to this signature verification, and the claim does not depart from the passage; its 'whole mess' remark is opinion and is not graded.
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… This is not a guy who is a reformer. This is not a guy who wants to make sure that the voter rolls are clean. This is a guy who wants to make sure that the outcome is in the Democrats' favor. Well, and as one of our listeners in the chat points out, remember when it was Dean Logan's office that was tasked with counting the petitions to recall George Gascon, and the whole mess that that was? I mean, there was also the crooked consultants. The Secretary of State claims the Trump administration did not provide any evidence to support its claims of non-citizen voters. …
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Supports. The LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's own announcement says Dean C. Logan's office completed the examination and verification of all 715,833 petition signatures submitted for the Gascón recall.[3]
Supports. AP reports that county officials, after disqualifying nearly 200,000 signatures, found only about 520,000 valid, below the threshold; the LA Times reports Logan's office completed the first review step and was verifying signatures.[1][5]
Supports. CBS News reports that Logan's office reviewed the failed recall petition and identified irregularities, including 367 signatures from people who had died.[4]
Context. The PolitiFact fact-check confirms the county registrar-recorder disqualified close to 30% of the submitted signatures, consistent with the county's role in the verification.[2]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Recall election aimed at LA prosecutor fails to make ballot - AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2No, dead people didn't cast half of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Completes Petition ...lacounty.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Some of DA Gascon's recall petition signatures were found to be ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5715833 signatures turned in to recall Gascón, officials saylatimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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