Tag: recall election

The New Exodus

Commentary LOS ANGELES—Forget what you hear most pundits saying about last week’s recall election that failed to unseat California Governor Gavin Newsom. Some Democrats think because Newsom ran on an anti-Trump platform that will bring the party success—or cause them less damage—in the next two elections. They are wrong. The real story is the slow…


California State Legislators Consider Reforming Recall Elections Process

Two California state legislators are calling for a reform of California’s provisions for recall elections, describing the current system as “flawed.” The announcement came a day after the Sept. 14 recall election of incumbent Gov. Gavin Newsom. According to unofficial results from the night after the election, Newsom’s position as governor survived the recall effort….


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Recall Election Could Reverse the California Ideology

Commentary California once was run by conservatives and mostly centrist Democrats. True paleo-liberal governors like Pat Brown greatly expanded the welfare state. But they also believed in pushing integration and building freeways, dams, aqueducts, and power plants, while preventing forest fires, directing the mentally ill into state hospitals, and ensuring that the state enhanced the…


Harris Rallies for California Governor Facing Recall Election

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday returned to her home state of California to campaign for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faces a recall election in the country’s most populous state. Harris appeared with Newsom in San Leandro and urged voters to vote against the recall effort. The area is not far from Oakland, where…


California Governor Candidate Series: In-Depth With Jenny Rae Le Roux

In this special series, we interview the front-runners in the recall election of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Despite multiple requests, Newsom has not agreed to appear on the show. In this episode of the series, we sit down with candidate for governor Jenny Rae Le Roux, who has an MBA from Columbia School of Business and…


Governor Newsom’s ‘Sleight of Hand’

Commentary “Abracadabra!” “Alakazam!” “Presto-chango!” These common refrains are employed by magicians to signal the climax of their seemingly supernatural trick. As a child, I was fascinated by masters of deception. Among other magician’s tricks, the “sleight of hand” was my obsession. Equally stunning and perplexing, I was left puzzled time and again by the clever…


Watchdog Groups Voice Concern Over ‘Flaw’ on Ballot Envelopes for Newsom Recall Election

Two voter integrity groups say holes in some absentee ballot envelopes designed to aid low-vision Californians fill out their ballot have the potential to reveal whether someone voted “yes” to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom in next month’s recall election. Election integrity watchdog groups, the Amistad Project and the American Voters Alliance, say they have identified…


Facts Matter (Aug 25): Man Arrested with Over 300 Unopened Recall Ballots, Fake IDs, Loaded Gun

On Tuesday, the CEO of Pfizer had an interview where he not only expressed concern that a new strain of COVID-19 that is resistant to vaccines is likely to emerge, but he also revealed the fact that Pfizer is currently conducting vaccine trials on children between 5 and 11 years old—with further plans to go…


Over 300 Mail-in Ballots Found in California Man’s Car, Say Police

More than 300 allegedly stolen mail-in ballots, possibly for California’s gubernatorial recall election, were found in a man’s car in a 7-Eleven parking lot last week, according to the Torrance Police Department. The police department initially informed the public of the man’s arrest in an Aug. 17 Facebook post, which said “thousands of pieces of…