Arizona's Politics does not generally pay much attention to the vast world of left- and right-wing online petitions. But, a reader (thanks, m.c.) just forwarded an e-mail he received from the national progressive organization MoveOn.org. The group apparently e-mailed the Arizona portion of its list about a petition that one of its members had started demanding the resignation of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The two-sentence call to action is as follows: “Sheriff Joe Arpaio is currently under investigation by the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the State of Arizona for numerous violations, charges of $100 million in illegally misspent funds, abuse of power, and corruption. Sheriff Joe should do the right thing and resign.” (The link to the petition and the supporting text, which also is the text of the e-mail, is below the jump.)
In the less than one hour since receiving m.c.'s e-mail, the number of signers - many appear to be real, full names - has grown from about 400 to about 875.
According to SignOn.org's FAQ's, the site (sponsored by MoveOn.org) "occasionally" chooses to promote a petition by e-mailing alerts to members of their organization. Apparently, the Sheriff's national profile got MoveOn.org's attention, too, and led them to solicit signatures from their subscribers.
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