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In a blow to the fledgling campaign to recall Democratic Gov. Gray Davis, California's pre-eminent Republican signature-gathering firm will not help sign up voters for fear of poisoning its relationships with other clients...

In the second development, lawyers for California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley told Costa that he must make at least 23 revisions to his proposed recall documents before he can begin collecting the 900,000 voter signatures needed to hold a special election to determine Davis' fate...

Costa was determined to press on despite both disappointments.