By Joe Ferguson | Arizona Daily Star
South Tucson Mayor Paul Diaz will be back on the ballot sooner than he may have anticipated.
The Pima County Recorder’s Office notified the recall committee earlier this week it has verified 222 of the 320 signatures his group turned in early November. The minimum number of signatures necessary to move forward with a recall is 183.
Diaz was elected to the City Council in 2011 and moved up to the mayor’s seat in 2013, when former mayor Jennifer Eckstrom resigned.