Just one gubernatorial recall has been successful in California, in 2003, when the unpopular Gray Davis was removed and replaced with Arnold Schwarzenegger
. Mr Newsom is just the fourth governor in American history to face a recall vote. , a film star. Attempts to remove public officials from office through recalls have increased in recent months.
In this instance voters in California will be presented with two questions. One is whether they want to recall Mr Newsom. If a majority says "yes", then he is recalled, and the second question, of who should succeed Mr Newsom, becomes important. There are more than 40 people vying for his job, most of them Republicans. The candidate who garners the largest number of votes wins.
Regardless of what happens to Mr Newsom, California’s legislature is likely to revisit the rules regarding recalls and may propose tweaks, such as increasing the number of signatures needed to trigger a recall of a state official. This will require changing the state’s constitution. Some feel that Republicans are abusing the recall process to try to win the governorship when they could not do so through a normal election.
In the months ahead, recalls will continue to generate headlines. Technology has made signature-gathering and canvassing easier at the same time as covid-19 and its associated restrictions have fuelled voters’ discontent. In the first nine months of 2021 there were 500 attempts to recall public officials in America, 15% more than in the full year for 2019, according to Mr Spivak. School-board officials are popular targets due to mask mandates, covid-19 closures and other issues.
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