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The California Secretary of State's office announced Monday night that organizers had collected enough verified signatures to trigger an election to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Organizers needed just short of 1.5 million verified signatures to trigger a statewide ballot. The state announced that it had verified 1,626,042 signatures, with more to verify in the coming days.
The announcement ทดลอง ปั่น สล็อต ฟรี Monday evening triggered a 30-day period where voters could remove their signatures from the list. It's a small procedural hurdle to clear considering that the state has already verified more than 100,000 signatures over the necessary number, with more to come.
If the necessary number of signatures still stands after the 30-day period, the state Department of Finance will then have an additional 30 days to assess the cost of the recall election. Another 30-day period will begin after that effort, where the Joint Legislative Budget Committee will be able to review the cost estimates.
Newsom responded to the news in a tweet.
"This Republican recall threatens our values and seeks to undo the important progress we’ve made - from fighting COVID, to helping struggling families, protecting our environment, and passing commonsense gun violence solutions," he tweeted with a video. "There's too much at stake."
This is the sixth official attempt to recall Newsom since he took office in 2019, but the first one that gained traction with voters. Organizers reported that they turned in over 2.2 million signatures to the secretary of state's office for verification. Although they claim to be nonpartisan, Republicans have rallied around the effort - and the Republican Governors Association launched a political action committee to help fundraise for it.
Organizers in the effort to recall Newsom have said government overreach has led to dissatisfaction with his leadership. They cited his executive order to phase out gasoline-powered cars by 2035 and rolling power outages to prevent wildfires, among other issues. They also cited a number of issues surrounding his handling of the coronavirus.