LOS ANGELES – California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing the possibility that he could be removed by voters in a recall election in the middle of his four-year term.
Organizers appear close to qualifying the election for the ballot, and the vote would likely take place later this year. Here's how it works: WHAT IS A RECALL ELECTION?
California is one of 20 states that allow voters to initiate a recall election to remove a sitting governor. The state law establishing the rules goes back more than a century, to 1911, and was intended to place more power directly in the hands of voters by allowing them to recall elected officials and repeal or pass laws by placing them on the ballot.