Your Guide to the Gavin Newsom Recall Election

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🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

You may have thought we were done with elections for a little while, but there's another big one coming up. On September 14th, Californians will vote on whether or not to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. Here's a primer with nitty-gritty voting details, some context for the campaign, and what you'll find on your ballot. Additional Reading: Your Guide to the Gavin Newsom Recall Election How to Make Sure Your Mail-In Ballot Isn't Rejected Please take the Bay Curious survey! Reported by Guy Marzorati. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Jenny Pritchett.

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0:25.0	23,157 unread emails. taking some time off for maternity leave.
0:42.6	In January, my family welcomed baby Sullivan into the fold.
0:46.3	Hey Sullivan, what do you want to see people?
1:00.0	He's really into this trilling noise at the moment. Yeah, I don't know. Anyway, while I was gone, I tried to give myself a bit of a break from the news and to be honest, I'm still getting caught up.
1:06.5	Like, wait, what? We might be electing a new governor?
1:11.0	Today, Guy Maserati on the KQED politics and government desk is going to be our personal news concierge.
1:18.0	He'll walk us through what is going on with the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom,
1:22.0	how we got here, what it all means, and who is running against the Governor.
1:26.0	Plus, we'll take a look back at a gubernatorial recall of yesteryear.
1:30.0	We've got a quick sponsor message, but don't you fret.
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1:58.0	Ballots for the recall election will arrive in our mailboxes any day now and we've all got a big decision to make.
2:07.7	Should we keep Governor Gavin Newsom in office or replace him with someone else?
2:12.3	Here with me today is Guy Maserotti with KQED's politics and government desk.
2:17.0	Hey Guy, it's been a while.
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