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Recall Gray Davis

Recall Gray Davis
"Recall of a state officer is initiated by delivering to the Secretary of State a petition alleging reason for recall. Sufficiency of reason is not review able… A petition to recall … must be signed by electors equal in number to 12 percent of the last vote for the office. An election to determine whether to recall an officer and, if appropriate, to elect a successor shall be called by the Governor and held not less than 60 days nor more than 80 days from the date of certification of sufficient signatures, in this case, about 900,000. If the majority vote on the question is to recall, the officer is removed and, if there is a candidate, the candidate who receives a plurality is the successor"(CA State Constitution).
The question is, “Why does the voters of California want to recall the governor in which they voted in?” In short the people of California feel Gray Davis has failed the leadership test. His campaign was based on false information to the vot...

Posted by: Angelia Holliday

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