One group ending Pearce recall effort

BY: The Associated Press

Published: May 3, 2011 at 5:42 pm

In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, Protestors gather around Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, Arizona's immigration bill SB1070 author, outside the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse in Phoenix. Protestors gathered to voice opposition to Gov. Jan Brewer's plan to counter sue the federal government for failing to enforce immigration laws. Illegal immigration fell to secondary status for lawmakers against the wishes of some a year after Arizona enacted its controversial law known as SB1070. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

In this Feb. 10, 2011 photo, Protestors gather around Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, Arizona's immigration bill SB1070 author, outside the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

One of two efforts to recall Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce has called it quits, claiming the other group is on the brink of collecting enough signatures.

Arizonans for a Better Government is the group that ended its efforts.

The group says Citizens for a Better Arizona is within a few hundred of the 7,756 signatures required for a recall election in legislative district 18.

The deadline to submit signatures is May 31.

The East Valley Tribune says the Citizens for a Better Arizona group has been seeking signatures from Pearce’s main supporters and that includes Republican and Mormon voters.

The recall effort began in January.