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Election officials reviewing 715,833 signatures turned in to recall Gascón

by City News Service • July 11, 2022 4 Comments

George Gascón [Image via Wiki]
Los Angeles County officials have until Aug. 17 to determine how many of the 715,833 signatures submitted in the effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón are valid.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan said his office has completed the first step in the review of the petitions, which were submitted July 6, and is now working on verifying the signatures. At least 566,857 valid signatures are required to force a recall election.

“As authorized in the California Elections Code — 11225 — the RR/CC will use the random sampling technique for the verification of petition signatures. The random sample is 5% of the total number of signatures submitted,” Logan’s office said. “Based on the random sampling results, the petition will be certified as sufficient, require verification of all signatures submitted, or certified as insufficient. … If the petition meets the sufficiency requirement, the RR/CC must certify sufficiency to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors at its next regular meeting.”

The earliest a recall election could be held would be at the same time as the Nov. 8 general election. If those conditions are not met, a special recall election would likely take place between late December 2022 and mid- January 2023, according to the Registrar’s Office.

Gascón has been under fire since taking office in December 2020, when he issued a series of directives critics  blasted as being soft on crime. The directives include a rule against seeking the death penalty, a ban on transferring juvenile defendants to adult court and prohibitions on filing sentencing-enhancements in most cases. Gascón has repeatedly defended his policies, saying his stances were well-known during his campaign and his election signified public support of his agenda.

In a statement, recall organizers said residents “have spoken in a resounding way,” noting the sheer number of people who have signed petitions and pointing to 37 cities in the county that have taken “no- confidence” votes on Gascón.

“The sheer magnitude of this effort, and time and investment required to get to this point, show how strong the public desire is to remove George Gascón from office,” according to the campaign. “From day one, this recall has been led by the very victims who Gascón has abandoned, ignored and dismissed.  When the recall qualifies, he will not be able to ignore them any longer.”

Gascón, asked about the recall during a news conference last week, declined to comment. He has defended his record in various interviews, telling ABC7 his office has filed charges in felony cases at the same rate as his predecessor, deflecting allegations that he is soft on crime.

“The recall rules are fairly lax in the state of California, it requires a very low threshold,” Gascón told the station. “You don’t have to show criminal intent. You don’t have to show malfeasance. It’s very easy. We don’t like you, boom. We want to start a recall. But, be that as it may, I understand the process and we’re ready. If they get the signatures, we feel very strongly that we will succeed. If they don’t get the signatures, I’m sure there will be another recall attempt.”

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Filed Under: Home, Los Angeles County, Politics

4 comments for "Election officials reviewing 715,833 signatures turned in to recall Gascón"

  1. Recall says

    July 12, 2022 at 11:26 am

    I signed the petition to recall Gascon. About two weeks after signing the petition, our household now had two new roommates all connected to the recall. We started to receive mail from “recall Gascon” organizers for my new ghost roommates. I’m assuming what happened was after I signed the petition, (the worker who asks for your signature), decided to make a couple more dollars and add a couple more people to my residence. These workers get paid per signature. They need to get strait pay, as to not be tempted to falsify information.

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  2. SB says

    July 12, 2022 at 8:13 am

    To bad Presidential election votes are not validated the same way

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    • Tim Scott says

      July 12, 2022 at 8:43 am

      LOL…you genuinely think that they aren’t? When you give your signature to register to vote what exactly do you think happens next?

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      • HUnter says

        July 12, 2022 at 11:29 am

        Personally, I was told I need to certify that I was an active voter this last primary. They said this usually happens when someone does not vote for many years. I was shocked and appalled that this was even an issue because I have voted at every election since turning 18. They said it must be a computer glitch, something smells rotten.

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