BUT if Davis had been permitted to put his name up with the contenders he could have gotten 49% of the vote - don't you see how unfair it is to not permit him to run against the 100? If he got recalled by 51% and had 49% vote for him - and if he had been permitted to have his name in the contender list he would have gotten the 49% and then someone with less than that could not have replaced him.
I've read your arguments and they are vacuous. Davis has been recalled--fired--impeached by the electorate. That is the first question on the ballot.
The second question becomes who will replace the FIRED governor?
They are mutually exclusive questions. Your hypotheticals have nothing to do with reality.