Under California law since 1911, voters can seek to oust an elected official through the ballot box by invoking a recall. But it’s not easy, particularly if there isn’t major financial backing to pay for signature-gatherers. California is one of 20 states to allow for a gubernatorial recall (In 19, including California, a successful recall effort is sent to the ballot. (In reality, as many as 2 million signatures are needed to account for those that are duplicates or invalidated.) Proponents are typically allowed 160 days to gather the necessary signatures, but the courts gave Newsom’s recall supporters four additional months because of the pandemic.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 22, 2021 14:02 UTC