Palm Springs, California — The Secretary of State of California will be the organizer of the petition on Monday. Remember the election of Governor Gavin Newsom Collected over 1.6 million valid signatures — More than enough to qualify for voting..
1.6 million signatures are about 100,000 more than needed to force the first Democratic Party to vote. The validation process will not be completed until Thursday. This is the deadline for county election authorities to verify the validity of the remaining signatures and report the final signature verification.
People who have signed the petition now have 30 days to revoke the signature, but it will not be enough to stop the question from going to voters.
In the call election, voters face two questions. Should Newsom be recalled or who should replace him? Votes for the second question will only be counted if more than half answer “yes” to the first question.
If Newsum survives the recall, he will be reelected in 2022.
In 2003, voters recalled Democratic Governor Gray Davis and replaced him with Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Dissatisfied with the Democratic Governor’s liberal policy and approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, Newsam’s opponents filed more than two million petition signatures in March to qualify him for a call. did.
On Friday, Caitlyn Jenner, an activist and reality show star who turned from a former Olympic athlete to transgender, said: Declared to run on behalf of Newsom..
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Others who have declared they intend to run include Republican businessman John Cox, who lost to Newsom in 2018 and is running again. Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Fallconner; Former US Congressman Doug Ose, who last took office in 2005.
Elected Governor in 2018, Newsom was formerly Lieutenant Governor and Mayor of San Francisco.
Newsom has been actively touring the state and promoting vaccine advances. He said he was taking the recall effort “very seriously”, but as a “partisan political power gain” and the work of extremist conservatives and white supremacists like Proud Boys. Branded.
“This election will be two different visions for California,” said Juan Rodriguez, Republican recall campaign manager. We are trying to undo the significant progress we have made under Governor Newsom — fighting COVID, helping struggling families, protecting our environment, and common sense gun safety. Only too many are at stake. We will win. “
But Fallconner accepted the news on Monday and called it a “historic opportunity to demand change.”
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“Democrats, Republicans and independents will come together to support the recall and get the state back on track,” he said in a statement. “As the only candidate to win a tough election and carry out real reforms, I’m ready to lead the movement. Together, I flipped through Gavin Newsom’s failure page and started a comeback in California. And reopen school and reduce taxes on working families. Create jobs for the people of our state. “
Elections can be held in October or November, depending on the time it takes for the various steps in the process.
If the withdrawn signature is removed, the Department of State will notify the State Treasury, assuming that sufficient valid signatures remain. The State Department consults with the county election authorities to estimate the cost of the call election.
The proposed budget will be reviewed by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and will be reviewed in up to 30 days.
After a 30-day review and comment period of the Commission, the Secretary of State must prove that the proposer has submitted a sufficiently valid signature, and the Vice-Governor must call for a call election that takes place within 60 to 80 days. There is. The number of days since the certification date of sufficient signature.
Contribution: Associated Press
This article was originally published in the Palm Springs Desert Sun: Gavin Newsom faces call election as petition meets signature threshold