[Golden Gate]

CA RECALL Timetable:   - Latest Info & Questions:

Latest Info:

...if the Sec of State announces the certification tomorrow, Lt. Gov. would have 15 days to announce the special election which would be held 60-80 days after that.   Candidates could have as little a 24 hours to get their paperwork in once the election date is set.

SoS will certify that the recall has qualified. He could make the announcement as early as Thursday.

//.. Two court decisions on Friday, combined with the high percentage of valid signatures, ...increased the likelihood that recall could come to a vote earlier than once thought possible, with an election as soon as Sept. 30. ...// ...posible court challenge...no action yet on an appeal they filed Monday...

Questions:

1. Deadline for Candidates to File their papers?
*> 24 hours to get their paperwork in once the election date is set. What kind of law is that?
WHEN does the "24 hours" Start? When the SoS announces certification (maybe on Thursday); OR, is it when the Lt. Gov. announces the election date?

2. What is the Process to file? Does it take money / filing fees; or petition signatures to get on the recall ballot? How much, how many? AND, they are only going to have 24 hours?

3. Question about voting the Recall Ballot: If a person votes "NO" on the recall, do they get to vote for a possible replacement? : Answer by FR's dpwiener:

Here's the link: Section 11382 of the California Elections Code : "No vote cast in the recall election shall be counted for any candidate unless the voter also voted for or against the recall of the officer sought to be recalled."

If you have any answers, please reply.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks!!!

See above for an answer to a question we have been asking!

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks for your posts and announcement. The question that dpweiner and elkgrovedan both edified my knowledge or lack thereof on is just one of many I have seen asked over the last few weeks. It didn't take long to get the right answer either which is what I love about this place we call FR.

Salute'

[So Cal Rocket]

1. Deadline for Candidates to File their papers? *> 24 hours to get their paperwork in once the election date is set. What kind of law is that? WHEN does the "24 hours" Start? When the SoS announces certification (maybe on Thursday); OR, is it when the Lt. Gov. announces the election date?

First the relevent documents:

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 2 SEC. 15. (a) 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.

State Election Code: Section 11381. Nominations of candidates to succeed the recalled officer shall be made in the manner prescribed for nominating a candidate to that office in a regular election insofar as that procedure is consistent with this article. The following exceptions shall be made to that procedure: (a) For recalls of state officers, the nomination papers and the declaration of candidacy shall, in each case, be filed no less than 59 days prior to the date of the election and not before the day the order of the election is issued. The Secretary of State shall certify the names of the candidates to be placed on the ballot by the 55th day prior to the election.

So, taken together, if the election is called to be 60 days from the date of certification (the minimum in the election code), the candidates must have their paperwork in within 1 day (60 days - 59 days = 1 day).

[Petronski]

"No vote cast in the recall election shall be counted for any candidate unless the voter also voted for or against the recall of the officer sought to be recalled."

Whoa! Only the "Yes" on recall people get to vote in the recall election? Is this right?