[Lancey Howard]

Yesterday a freeper brought up an interesting point. Remember what the scumbags did in New Jersey last year? They knew the Torch was toast and so they put a gun to his head and made him drop out of the race at the last minute (with the blessing of the mob-controlled, utterly corrupt state Supreme Court there). They then foisted up a corpse named Lautenberg (with all the name recognition) and won the election, keeping the New Jersey Senate seat safely in scumbag hands.

Now, what is to prevent the scumbags from doing exactly the same thing in Kalifornia? Why wouldn't the scumbags put a gun to Davis' head and make him resign the day before the recall election, thereby negating the need for a recall election at all, and making Bustamonte the governor by succession? End of Arnold, end of story, the scumbags keep control of the Kalifornia governor's office. Is there some part of the recall law that would prevent such a manuever?

Thank you to anybody who can intelligently address this (strong) possibility.

[Stallone]

Not possible - the recall lection is on since the filing date establishes the deadline. Interim resignations will put Bustamante in the role of temporary governor only.

[CyberCowboy777]

Davis cannot resign now that the recall is in progress.

[dpwiener]

Why wouldn't the scumbags put a gun to Davis' head and make him resign the day before the recall election, thereby negating the need for a recall election at all, and making Bustamonte the governor by succession?

I won't bother digging up the link to the California Election Code, but suffice to say that it can't happen. Now that the petitions have been filed and a sufficient number of valid signatures have been certified, the recall election will go forward (and a successor will be chosen if a majority vote to recall him) even if Davis resigns.

This train has left the station.

[eureka!]

Re#32 Resignation doesn't matter. The vote goes forward anyway. Doofus had to resign before the recall was "filed" with 10% of the signatures. You're not alone in thinking otherwise, Rush made the same mistake today...

[buwaya]

Because the CA constitution says the recall election goes on even if the office becomes vacant.