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| | 2003 California Recall Election - Facts and History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | California's first-ever gubernatorial recall election was held on October 7, and after several legal and procedural delays the results were certified on November 14th, 2003, making Davis the first governor recalled in the history of California, and just the second in U.S. history. |
 | | Some observers classified the event, which spanned the summer and fall of, 2003 as a "representative recall". |
 | | The movement in California was spearheaded by then-Governor Hiram Johnson, a reformist, as a "precautionary measure by which a recalcitrant official can be removed." No illegality has to be committed by politicians in order them to be recalled. |
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