‘People’s Alternative To Impeachment’: 4 Things To Know About Recalling Governors
March 3, 2021 Leave a comment
By Fred Lucas ~
Angry Californians, fed up with some of the governor’s policies, started a petition to recall him, knowing that the incumbent had two more years in office until going before voters again.
The 1968 push to recall Gov. Ronald Reagan fell on the ash heap of history, however. The effort failed to collect enough valid signatures (12% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election) to be on the ballot.
Recall efforts are common in California and other states allowing them, but putting a recall question on the ballot is rare. Pictured: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, is congratulated by predecessor Gray Davis after being sworn in Nov. 17, 2003, in Sacramento. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
Reagan was reelected as governor in 1970, and went on to have a decent political future.
Recall attempts actually are common in California and other states that allow the practice…
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