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All it would take for Newsom to be recalled is for 50% -1 voters to vote for him to be recalled. If that were to happen he would likely be replaced by Larry Elder, a right-wing Republican, not Kevin Faulconer. Do you really think that would be good for California? Besides, California has a gubernatorial election in November 2022. If you disapprove of the job Newsom has done as governor, vote to replace him in 2022. That's what elections are for. Don't rely on the shortcut of an undemocratic recall process that risks putting a man in the governor's office who may only get 15-20% of the vote.

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Newsom vetoed efforts to establish ranked choice voting in California. The notion that voters should be concerned about using a recall process that is “undemocratic” when much of the Democratic Party in California has actively resisted implementing democratic reforms is absolutely ridiculous. While the winner of the recall may only receive 20% of the vote, the choice of recall will require a majority. And the success will generally mean that a majority of Californians are so disappointed with Newsom that they think it’s better that any of the leading contenders replace him than having him stay in office one more day to possibly ruin California more.

Recalls are for corrupt and incompetent politicians like Newsom; they aren’t a “short cut”, they are an escape hatch.

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Recalls are for corrupt and incompetent politicians like Newsom; they aren’t a “short cut”, they are an escape hatch. Newsom and Diablo Nuclear Closure fits corruption profile along with SONGS and $3.5 Billion in corruption there

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Soft on Drugs: Biden Administration to Remove Fentanyl Trafficking Penalties.

A MOVE THAT MAY EMBOLDEN CRIMINALS AND EXACERBATE THE BORDER CRISIS. “The proposal would exclude those FRS that are scheduled by class from certain quantity-based mandatory minimum penalties normally associated with domestic trafficking, and import and export offenses of CSA schedule I compounds,” LaBelle added. https://thedrilldown.com/newsroom/soft-on-drugs-biden-administration-to-remove-fentanyl-trafficking-penalties/

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