The effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has failed, according to Gov. John Bel Edwards. The Governor said today that the recall only had 27,243 valid signatures, well short of the nearly 45,000 names needed to force a referendum on Mayor Cantrell. According to the Gov. Edwards, the recall petition contained 67,022 handwritten signatures, but only 27,243 of them were valid signatures from qualified electors.