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For anyone just waiting to sign those petitions to get a recall of Mayor Vince Gray and D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown on the ballot, you’ll have to wait two more weeks to do so.

Recall sponsor Frederick Butler failed to appear at a session held by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics today, leading the board to table discussion of the recall until a future meeting. When asked why he was a no-show, Butler said that he has a day job, was unaware that his presence was needed and that someone he had sent failed to show. He said that he’ll be able to pick up the petitions on February 13, after which point they’ll be able to circulate.

To get the recalls on the ballot, Butler will have to get over 45,000 valid signatures from registered voters — and do it by August. The Washington Times reports that Butler claims he has 300 volunteers to help with the effort. Despite having no money to begin with, he seems confident in his abilities to gather the signatures: “I really don’t think it will be that difficult. It’s pretty much self-explanatory. I think this can be a legitimate run,” he told the Times.

“Just a bump in the grassroots road,” Butler told us today. “You live, you learn.”