Thursday, July 24, 2003

Davis Recall now a fact. But the question of who will replace him remains

Yesterday, the California Secretary of State announced that 110% of the required signatures needed had been collected and therefore the recall election of Grey Davis is now a fact. The Lt Governor now has 60 to 90 days to schedule an election date. This is supposed to be announced at 10am on Thursday morning.

There are two readings of the California Constitution regarding what happens next.
1. The ballot will have two parts:
A) Should the Governor be recalled? Yes or No
B) Mark the name of the person on the ballot who should replace Davis. If 50% plus one vote say YES, then who ever receives the highest amount of votes would be the new Governor.

2. The ballot will only have one part:
A) Should the Governor be recalled? Yes or No
If 50% plus one vote say YES, then the Governor is recalled and the Lt. Governor will become Governor because when the Governor is unable to fulfill his duties the Lt. Governor takes over for him. Since a recall that succeeds will make the Governor unable to fulfill his duties, the Lt. Governor has said he might be the new Governor instead of putting any other names on the ballot.

It will be interesting to see what happens this morning, starting in about 10 to 15 minutes.

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