Is This Recall Legal?
To me the recall was all about lockdown and mask discontent. If Delta had not come along Gavin was gonna have a big win. With Delta and renewed restrictions, a pro-vaccine campaign on it’s a very different story. Current polls at Five Thirty-Eight looked good for Gavin but showed no room for error.
A complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California argues that the state’s recall provision violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution by allowing sitting governors to be replaced by candidates who have received fewer votes. The plaintiffs, Rex Julian Beaber and A.W. Clark, want a court order either prohibiting the recall election or adding Newsom’s name to the replacement candidate list. Elections officials have already sent millions of ballots ahead of a state deadline today.