The sponsor of the Arizona immigration law, State Senator Russell Pearce, is facing a recall effort.  Before an election can be held, enough signatures must be gathered to put the issue to a vote.  Not surprisingly perhaps, the petitions have some curious names.  The Sonoran News:

Besides the normal findings of people signing who are not registered or registered in another district, there were some who signed who could not correctly spell their own name. That’s generally a red flag that something is amiss.

One man signed and printed his last name “Peterson” quite legibly. Due to Peterson being somewhat of a common name, it made more sense to look him up by address.

However, the address revealed the registration of a man whose last name was spelled “Pederson.”

Then there was the signature of a woman whose first name is Benita, living at 956 S. MacDonald.

Searching by address revealed three active voter registrations, one of which is on the permanent early voting list, for a woman with the first name Benita and a birth date in March 1968, under three different last names at the same single family residence.