Recall effort against Sen. Fred Girod fails to turn in any signatures Dirk VanderHart A push by gun rights supporters to eject one of Oregon’s top Republicans has misfired. As of the 5 p.m. deadline on Tuesday, a campaign to recall Senate Republican Leader Fred Girod had not turned in any signatures, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. The effort would have required 8,922 valid signatures from voters in Girod’s district to force a recall election. The recall campaign emerged in April, not long after Girod and five other Senate Republicans took to the chamber floor to forcefully oppose a gun control bill. That opposition was not sufficient for gun rights groups that had grown accustomed to Republicans blocking controversial bills by refusing to show up to pivotal votes.