Nearly 1.1 million signatures were submitted in the Newsom revocation attempt, and 670,000 were verified.
If the attempt to collect 1.5 million verified signatures by March 17, the government will be recalled and the government Gavin Newsom will be forced to offer the medium term again. Californians tried to recall their governor 55 times, but only one was successful – that of Gray Davis in 2003, who replaced Arnold Schwarzenegger.
In an update from the Office of the Secretary of State, 668,902 valid signatures of the 798,310 that were reviewed were revealed. 1,094,457 signatures have been submitted and the organizers of the remembrance campaign say they have much more to submit.
Officials have yet to review about 300,000 signatures, and at the reported rate of validity, the total amount by next month will be about 900,000, or 60 percent of the total.
Anne Dunsmore, who runs one of the two recall efforts, ‘Rescue California’, said the group had submitted about 1.2 million of the 1.7 million signatures they had collected.
“We are doing well,” Dunsmore told Politico. “We’re ready to go.”
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The recall effort received national attention amid frustrations with the handling of the coronavirus pandemic by Newsom, with a stormy start to the vaccination campaign and continued closures of the school. The Republican National Committee donated $ 250,000 to the effort earlier this month.
Republicans have voiced the idea of ousting the Democratic governor, and Fox News has learned businessman John Cox, in anticipation of running against Newsom if the recall attempt succeeds.
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The next and final official update is on March 18, when provincial election officials will submit results to the office of the foreign minister, who according to Politico will verify and announce whether the measure has been voted.
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If that happens, the election is likely to take place in the fall. Voters will answer two questions: whether Newsom should remain in office and if not, who should succeed him. The candidate with the highest number of votes will be the next governor, regardless of the party.