On March 6, voters caught the last train to sign the “Recall Newsom” petition in Chino Heights to support the recall of Newsom.
“I do believe this campaign will meet the requirements for a recall and the governor will lose the office,” Orange County Commissioner Donald Wagner told the Epoch Times on March 22. “Whoever takes over must understand that the public is watching [them] and the public will never want to continue the policies of the past. And the public will never want to continue the policies of the past.”
California’s civic-driven Recall Gavin 2020 campaign has collected more than 2.1 million signatures by the official deadline of March 17, far exceeding the 1.5 million signature threshold needed to trigger a special recall election. County election offices across the state are currently verifying all signatures before the recall can move forward.
The recall campaign was launched last June, and organizers say a large portion of the signatures are from voters who are unhappy with Newsom’s handling of the outbreak.
If enough valid signatures are verified, a special recall election will be held within 60 to 80 days.
The ballot for the special election is divided into two parts: the first choice is whether to agree to recall incumbent Governor Newsom; if the vote is for recall, a replacement candidate will need to be selected on the ballot.
Wagner said the success of the recall campaign was due in part to Newsom’s “policy of ineffectiveness.
“His (Newsom’s) response strategy to the Epidemic has been erratic.” Wagner said, “Even in a blue state, his policies are far left for most people. Because he’s implementing the worst anti-democratic, ill-considered policies of the left.”
Thus, he said, most of those involved in the recall are not on the right, but are “centrists or leftists here in California.”
“A significant number of Democrats, and many more independents, signed the recall petition,” Wagner said, adding, “This is not a purely Republican or Democratic thing. It’s a choice between good or bad politics. And right now, Newsom is the poster child for bad politics.”
Republican National Committee member Shawn Steel said the recall was a “desperate move” by Californians to reclaim California’s dignity and preserve the middle class.
“The governor’s decision to lock down and shut down California has destroyed tens of thousands of businesses and millions of lives, left many poor and pushed many out of the state.” Steele told the Epoch Times.
In 2003, California’s Democratic Governor Gray Davis was successfully removed from office, the only governor in California’s history, to be removed from office. Today, the number of signatures to recall Newsom is well above the tipping point, and Mike Netter, one of the campaign’s founders, has said that a recall of Newsom is inevitable. That could make Newsom one of the few governors in the state’s history to have a successful recall process initiated.
Steele also said the recall is nonpartisan because many of the people who signed the petition did so because of Newsom’s bad policies. “Most of the people who signed the petition are not real politicians, most are people who are deeply endangered by Governor Newsom’s bad policies.”
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