
	Where results make sense

Topic: California recall

Related Topics

New York City secession

Vice President of the United States

51st state

Socialist Party USA

Socialist Equality Party

Conch Republic

Winston County, Alabama

Aroostook County, Maine

1995

Cook County, Illinois

	2003 California recall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		California was hit harder than other states at the end of the speculative bubble known as the "dot-com boom" — from 1996 to 2000 — when Silicon Valley was the center of the internet economy.
		Furthermore, there is a high correlation between the success of the recall signature gathering effort and the inability for the California Legislature and the governor to agree on a new state budget.
		California had a $95 million contract with Oracle Corporation that was found to be unnecessary and overpriced by the state auditor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2003_California_recall (4003 words)

	2003 California recall -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 2003 California recall was a special (A vote to select the winner of a position or political office) election permitted under (A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes) California law.
		California had a $95 million contract with (Click link for more info and facts about Oracle Corporation) Oracle Corporation that was found to be unnecessary and overpriced by the state auditor.
		The ability to recall elected officials came along with the (The first of a series of actions) initiative and (A legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate) referendum processes.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/2/20/2003_california_recall.htm (3896 words)

	Recall in California
		Petitions for the recall of statewide officers must be signed by voters equal in number to 12% of the last vote for that office, including voters from each of five counties equal in number to 1% of the last vote for the office in that county.
		Recall in California is provided for in the state Constitution and in the state Elections Code.
		"The California Recall by Arnold," Pittsburgh-Post-Gazette, Sept. 16, 2003.
	www.igs.berkeley.edu /library/htRecall2003.html (4631 words)

	California Secretary of State - Elections & Voter Information - Elections division - Recall FAQs
		Local elections officials are responsible for counting and verifying recall petition signatures once the proponents obtain at least 10 percent of the total number of required signatures.
		When the Governor is the target of a recall, the California Constitution requires the Lieutenant Governor to set the date of the recall election.
		According to information received from California's counties, the current estimated county cost of conducting the October 7, 2003 statewide special election is between $42 million and $55 million.
	www.ss.ca.gov /elections/elections_recall_faqs.htm (1202 words)

	Encyclopedia: Results of the 2003 California recall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The following are the results of the 2003 California recall election held on October 7, 2003 which unseated Gray Davis and propelled actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the governorship.
		The voters of California decided to recall governor Gray Davis by a 5 to 4 margin (55.4% in favor of recall vs. 44.6% against recall).
		Following the election, all 58 of California's counties had 28 days (until November 4, 2003) each to conduct a countywide canvass of their votes.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Results-of-the-2003-California-recall (1394 words)

	[No title]
		Recall is the power of the electors to remove an elective officer.
		(b) A petition to recall a statewide officer must be signed by electors equal in number to 12 percent of the last vote for the office, with signatures from each of 5 counties equal in number to 1 percent of the last vote for the office in the county.
		Signatures to recall Senators, members of the Assembly, members of the Board of Equalization, and judges of courts of appeal and trial courts must equal in number 20 percent of the last vote for the office.
	www.leginfo.ca.gov /.const/.article_2 (1383 words)

	TAP: Web Feature: California Confidential. by Max Blumenthal. August 13, 2003. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Months before the recall was even a blip on the media radar, this consultant cabal began manipulating California's idiosyncratic electoral system, creating a muscular funding mechanism and exploiting it for its members' own ends.
		With little public interest in a recall despite Davis' low approval rating and the state's fiscal crisis, Russo and Kaloogian realized that a movement would have to be manufactured from the top down.
		As founder of Republicans Against the Recall, political consultant and former Lincoln Club CEO Scott Barnett called the recall "a political weapon of mass destruction." Even though he shares Republicans' disdain for Davis, Barnett opposes the recall because he believes it will set a dangerous precedent that will widen the partisan divide.
	www.prospect.org /webfeatures/2003/08/blumenthal-m-08-13.html (1873 words)

	California Recall
		The committee, officially dubbed the "Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recall Committee, Yes on the Recall" committee, is being used to avoid new campaign contribution limits set out in Proposition 34.
		Since this blog is dedicated to the California Recall, we should pay special attention to a candidate who is using blogs as her medium for publicity.
		Citing that California Governor Gray Davis misled his constituents during his last gubernatorial campaign, recall proponents (e.g., Davis Recall, Recall Gray Davis, and Rescue California) are calling for a chance for informed election.
	kmaydc.blogspot.com (1353 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics > California's Recall Election
		Four years ago, Julie Meier Wright, president and CEO of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp., quit the California Republican Party with a public blast that it had veered so far to the right there was no longer a place for moderates such as her.
		If the California recall were an earthquake, it would have registered someplace north of magnitude 7 – big, jarring and capable of altering landscapes.
		The Oct. 7 recall election is the talk of the nation.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/politics/recall (924 words)

	FAQ: How Will the Recall Work? - Your nagging questions answered. By Ed Finn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		According to California's Elections Code, Section 11320-11327, there must be a line for write-in votes in the list of candidates on the ballot.
		California law dictates that each candidate be a registered voter, an American citizen, and fulfill all the regular requirements to run for governor.
		According to California Election Code 11720, whenever a federal Senate term ends prematurely, the governor can select a replacement to hold office until the next general or special election.
	slate.msn.com /id/2086755 (852 words)

	The California Recall Plot
		On April 12, 2003 while Issa was circulating recall petitions, Schwarzenegger conferred at the White House with Karl Rove, the man who has been called "Bush’s brain." He appears to be Arnold’s brain as well, for Schwarzenegger has surrounded himself with political consultants who are as ethically-challenged as any of Bush’s appointees.
		California has no more unemployed workers than has the rest of the country, and unemployment is greatest in Silicon Valley, where the high-tech bubble burst and created much of the budget deficit.
		The California recall election will cost taxpayers $67 million and, considering the number of contestants, 135 in all, is expected to culminate in the same kind of polling fiasco that occurred during the hijacked Florida presidential election.
	www.hermes-press.com /recall2.htm (1542 words)

	Online NewsHour: California Recall -- July 24, 2003
		California officials set Oct. 7 as the date for a special ballot to decide whether to unseat Governor Gray Davis.
		The recall mechanism is a very unique one, Gwen, but the anger and emotion behind it is something that is not unique to California at all.
		California voters can remove an elected official from office simply if they think he or she is not doing the job.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/politics/july-dec03/recall_07-24.html (2446 words)

	Governor California Recall Gray Davis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		If the California budget is to be balanced the next Governor will need to see that the State spends less and he will need your moral support.
		These candidates paid $3,500.00 (or got equivalent signatures) to be on the ballot and paid $10 per word to give you their point of view in the voter's pamphlet.
		As usual California is on the cutting edge demonstrating its leadership.
	www.governorcalifornia.us (1656 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Total California Recall by David Horowitz
		Without the recall Republicans would have contended for an open seat in 2006 against a non-incumbent Democrat running on a crippled legacy.
		The first of these would be a defeat of the recall and hence a win for the Democrats.
		The second would be a victory for the recall but the election of a Democrat to replace Davis, forcing Republicans to face an incumbent in 2006.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=9320 (1309 words)

	ipedia.com: 2003 California recall Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After several legal and procedural efforts failed to stop it, California's first-ever gubernatorial representative recall election was held on October 7, and the results were certified on November 14, 2003, making Davis the first governor recalled in the history of California, and just the second in U.S. history.
		Darrell Issa, who bankrolled the recall effort and said he would run for governor, abruptly dropped out of the race on August 7.
		On September 24, the remaining top five candidates (Schwarzenegger, Bustamante, Huffington, McClintock, and Camejo) gathered in the University Ballroom at California State University, Sacramento, for a live televised debate [1] that resembled the red-carpet premiere of a movie in Hollywood.
	www.ipedia.com /2003_california_recall.html (3710 words)

	Q&A on the California recall vote - - MSNBC.com
		A recall is a special election in which voters may essentially cast a vote of no confidence and remove an elected official from office without waiting until the end of his or her term.
		Under California law, recall organizers had to collect a number of signatures equal to 12 percent of the votes cast in the last election, in this case 897,158 signatures.
		If the recall succeeds, the candidate who receives the most votes will be the new governor, meaning that in this election someone could technically be elected governor with less than one percent of the popular vote.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/3130095 (467 words)

	California Recall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The organization Register Five Democrats was developed for the specific purpose of electing a Democrat to the White House for the 2004 election.
		However, the Register Five Democrats voter registration initiative is perfectly suited for the California recall election as well -- for two reasons.
		Given the ostensible reasons the right wingers started the California recall petition in the first place, I think that, at least in this special, unprecedented case, it would be wise campaign strategy to focus on the Democratic party rather than the person actually running for office.
	www.registerfivedemocrats.com /Califrecall.htm (295 words)

	OJR article: Top Sites, Blogs for California Recall
		But now that the recall is a reality, it has brought with it a media feeding frenzy that includes California, national and international outlets.
		Thus, when Arnold joined the recall fray, it didn't take long for online merchants to start hawking unofficial T-shirts with apropos movie promos of Arnold from "Total Recall." The first into my spam-stuffed in-box was from Arnold-2003.com, with clever taglines like "Hasta la Vista, Davis" and "The Govenator." But it wasn't the last.
		Just as he was gearing up his Weblog in the spring, the recall hit, and he's been the most colorful daily read on the subject, with delicious details missing from most mainstream reports.
	www.ojr.org /ojr/glaser/1063147155.php (1530 words)

	Online NewsHour: California Recall -- September 4, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		PETER CAMEJO: The fact is I'm for a fair tax, which is that the wealthiest people in California should be paying the same that you are, the average person.
		I was the first person in the state of California on a class action lawsuit.
		SPENCER MICHELS: Despite his differences with Davis, Bustamante is calling for a vote against the recall, but for him in case the governor loses.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/politics/july-dec03/recall_9-4.html (847 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		It is only the second time in U.S. history that a sitting governor has been recalled, the first being North Dakota Gov. Lynn Frazier in 1921.
		California's recall vote is looking more and more like a showdown between Gov. Gray Davis and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
		Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who declined to join the race, called the recall a "carnival." If ousted, Davis would be the second governor in U.S. history to be recalled, the first being North Dakota Gov. Lynn Frazier in 1921.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/calif.recall (392 words)

	Rough & Tumble
		California Group Steps Into Vacuum on the Left -- During last year's campaign, two big new groups -- America Coming Together and the Media Fund -- captured the imagination of such mega-donors as international financier George Soros and insurance magnate Peter Lewis.
		Public must demand that politicians fix state's woes -- Some of California's most forward-looking thinkers gathered the other day to offer their assessments of where the state is headed, and the conclusions were pretty depressing.
		They described a state with a short attention span and a dysfunctional political leadership incapable of dealing with the complex problems of the 21st century.
	www.rtumble.com (2610 words)

	CNN.com - Davis concedes, Schwarzenegger wins - Oct. 8, 2003
		Davis, 60, re-elected to a second term less than a year ago, becomes the first governor to be recalled from office since 1921, when North Dakota voters ousted Gov. Lynn Frazier.
		Davis had urged his supporters to turn out at the polls and said the state is in good shape despite the economic problems that helped trigger the recall.
		In a speech late Tuesday, before conceding the recall race, Bustamante celebrated the defeat of Proposition 54, a ballot measure that would have prohibited the state from collecting data about race.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/recall.main (925 words)

	Was the White House Behind the California Recall Effort and the Candidacy of Arnold “The Groper” Schwarzenegger? You ...
		P.M. Was the White House Behind the California Recall Effort and the Candidacy of Arnold "The Groper" Schwarzenegger?
		Once the recall initiative was assured, they had Arnold announce his candidacy on the Leno show (the perfect venue for the Republicans: the combination of image, entertainment and money triumphing over substance).
		Because if more than 50% of the voters recall Davis, the next governor of California is the candidate on the second part of the ballot who receives the highest percentage of votes.
	www.buzzflash.com /analysis/03/08/08_recall.html (751 words)

	Recall of Furnaces in California
		Seven firms are offering to repair or replace certain furnaces, which were sold under their own labels, but were manufactured by Consolidated Industries Inc. The units involved are gas-fired horizontal furnaces equipped with steel "NOx" rods installed above the burners and are commonly called NOx rod furnaces.
		Private labelers sold these furnaces in California under the following brand names and model numbers, which are written on a label on an outside panel of the furnace.
		Consumers should check to see if their furnace is part of this recall immediately.
	www.cpsc.gov /cpscpub/prerel/prhtml01/01189.html (516 words)

	California recall recast \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Terminator brings muscle to the table: Besides near-universal name recognition and a personal fortune he says he'll tap, he is considered a moderate in a state where conservatives haven't fared well.
		While his minimal political experience and celebrity may be a negative to older voters, they may be a plus for the voters who are now likely to be drawn to the recall election on Oct. 7.
		Like a past California actor-governor, Ronald Reagan, Schwarzenegger seems undaunted by the real-life role of leading the nation's most populous state and the world's fifth-largest economy.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0808/p01s01-uspo.html (1004 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)