Newsom recall effort reaches nearly 2 million signatures 3/8/21

(The Center Square) — Hundreds of protestors gathered Sunday outside the state Capitol building in Sacramento after the RecallGavin2020 campaign announced it had gathered more than 1.9 million signatures to force a special election to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Independent reporter Brendan Gutenschwager tweeted a video of protestors chanting “goodbye Newsom” near the end of the rally on Sunday. A

The RecallGavin2020 campaign made its latest signature announcement at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento hotel located across the street from the Capitol. Its spokesperson, Randy Economy, said, “We would like to announce as of today we have 1,950,000 signatures. That is more than enough to have this special initiative qualify for a special election.”

That’s an increase from just five days prior when the campaign announced on March 3 that it had gathered more than 1,927,000 signatures.

According to state law, 1,497,709 verified signatures are required to trigger a recall election.

Orrin Heatlie, chairman of the California Patriot Coalition and head of RecallGavin2020 Committee, said, “We have cleared another milestone, and now we are entering the final stretch of this part of the official campaign to remove California Governor Gavin Newsom from power and office.”

The deadline to submit additional signatures is March 17.

If enough signatures are declared valid by the secretary of state’s office, a special election will be held between 60 and 80 days from the announcement.
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