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Post by onelasttime on Aug 22, 2021 18:06:28 GMT
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 22, 2021 21:17:28 GMT
I’ll be writing in Gavin’s name, unless someone can give me a good reason not to. (Admittedly, I have not read page one. Feel free to yell at me for being an idiot.) AussieMeg , the write-in vote (serious or joking) does not affect the rest of the ballot. Mickey Mouse always gets some votes. One of our U.S. senators was actually re-elected as a write-in candidate, after she lost her primary to a far right-wing extremist. (Our system is complicated.) But she was popular enough overall in her state to be able to win with a write-in campaign. I have already voted. I voted no and I also wrote in Gavin Newsom…I filled out my husbands ballot and did the same thing on his (with his permission). I am so sick of this shit!!!
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 22, 2021 21:20:53 GMT
I hope that he is not recalled, but there is no guarantee. We could have a repeat of the last recall and end up with a Republican governor. If he is recalled, we end up with the person with the most votes, even if it is a small percentage. Please don't leave question #2 blank or write in a cat's name. That would just increase the chances of a Republican win. I haven't researched all of the Democratic candidates, but I will vote for one. It won't be the first time that I vote for the least objectionable person. If he is actually recalled it doesn't matter who you vote to replace him. I believe Larry Elder is the creep we will end up with. It's a done deal if Newsom doesn't survive.
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 22, 2021 21:26:19 GMT
From the LA Times.,,
“California law couldn’t be more clear about your right to declare your support for the candidate of your choice, even if that person’s name isn’t on the ballot. “Each voter is entitled to write the name of any candidate for any public office, including that of President and Vice President of the United States, on the ballot of any election,” the California Elections Code states.
Even better, you don’t have to spell the candidate’s name correctly. You just have to scrawl a “reasonable facsimile” into the write-in space, which is at the end of the long list of names on the ballot.
There’s one caveat, though, and it’s the exception that eats the rule. Write-in votes will be counted only for people who have filed the papers necessary to qualify as candidates. That anti-recall statement you think you’re making by writing in Newsom’s name on the ballot? No one will know about it because your vote won’t be recorded.”
I have given more thought to who my write-in candidate will be. Instead of my “My Late cat Fred” it will be “none of the losers above”.
I have my ballot and it’s going in the mail tomorrow.
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 24, 2021 17:19:15 GMT
👍🏻
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Post by katlady on Aug 24, 2021 17:38:28 GMT
Cheat sheet! I am mailing mine this week.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 24, 2021 17:41:32 GMT
cheat sheet.....pass it on.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2021 17:24:31 GMT
"Apathetic voters" are the reason the US is led by the nose by the 30%. "Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’ When Gavin Newsom was first elected governor of California in 2018, he captured a greater share of the vote than any other Democrat in state history. And he has remained broadly popular, despite a global pandemic, economic catastrophe, and a scandalously ill-timed visit to the Michelin-starred restaurant the French Laundry. But with California’s gubernatorial recall election under way, Newsom is fighting for his political life. The Democratic governor of a deep blue state could narrowly lose his seat to a fringe rightwing radio host – in large part due to inertia and apathy among voters. Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly two to one in California – but while the former are distracted and disengaged this year, the latter are riled up, political strategists and pollsters say. By voting at higher rates, Republicans could capture the governor’s seat for the first time in a decade." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/25/california-governor-recall-gavin-newsom-larry-elder
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 25, 2021 18:04:01 GMT
"Apathetic voters" are the reason the US is led by the nose by the 30%. "Apathetic voters could hand California recall to Republicans: ‘Folks seem unaware’ When Gavin Newsom was first elected governor of California in 2018, he captured a greater share of the vote than any other Democrat in state history. And he has remained broadly popular, despite a global pandemic, economic catastrophe, and a scandalously ill-timed visit to the Michelin-starred restaurant the French Laundry. But with California’s gubernatorial recall election under way, Newsom is fighting for his political life. The Democratic governor of a deep blue state could narrowly lose his seat to a fringe rightwing radio host – in large part due to inertia and apathy among voters. Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly two to one in California – but while the former are distracted and disengaged this year, the latter are riled up, political strategists and pollsters say. By voting at higher rates, Republicans could capture the governor’s seat for the first time in a decade." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/25/california-governor-recall-gavin-newsom-larry-elderI’m very aware of the apathy of the American Voter with their bogus excuses not to vote. Been nagging about it for years on this board much to the annoyance of some I’m sure. My ballot has been mailed with “no” for the first question and for my write in for the second question it was “none of the above losers”. If the voters in this very Democratic state decide to sit on their collective asses and some idiot like Elder is elected Governor then this state will deserve the next 15 months of chaos that he will create. Personally I would think 4 years of chaos created by former would be enough for anyone, but we’ll see after 9/14. But there is a saying that has been around for years “As California goes so does the rest of the country” . There is a certain amount of truth in that saying and if we do end up with someone like Elder as Governor it should be a warning to Democrats across the country of what could happen.
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Post by scrappinspidey2 on Aug 25, 2021 18:19:34 GMT
I have my ballot and I am so frustrated with this entire thing. I don't understand how it even gets to this kind of place where you want to recall the sitting Governor but there are 46 different options? If you are going to put up a fight to recall the man, why do you not have a strong candidate to replace him with? Not to mention the timing of the whole thing. Am I understanding this correctly that I cannot write in Governor Newsom? I know the first answer is no LOL I don't have any thoughts about him one way or another. I feel he did a good job in the face of the virus and the unknowns. I moved here after he had been elected so I'm not sure what all the fuss was about prior to COVID. I looked up these candidates and I just don't even know what to do with that whole mess.
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Post by lucyg on Aug 25, 2021 18:28:55 GMT
I have my ballot and I am so frustrated with this entire thing. I don't understand how it even gets to this kind of place where you want to recall the sitting Governor but there are 46 different options? If you are going to put up a fight to recall the man, why do you not have a strong candidate to replace him with? Not to mention the timing of the whole thing. Am I understanding this correctly that I cannot write in Governor Newsom? I know the first answer is no LOL I don't have any thoughts about him one way or another. I feel he did a good job in the face of the virus and the unknowns. I moved here after he had been elected so I'm not sure what all the fuss was about prior to COVID. I looked up these candidates and I just don't even know what to do with that whole mess. The no vote on question 1 is all that really matters. I don’t believe there is a qualified candidate among all those running, on both sides. You can write in whoever you like on question 2 (or skip it entirely) but it really doesn’t matter. I believe if the recall succeeds, we’ll have Larry Elder for governor. Because this state apparently loooooves its celebrity governors.
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 26, 2021 5:02:26 GMT
Let’s see I moved to SF in 1969 and there were homeless folks then. Gavin Newsom was 2 years old so I’m not sure how a two year old could cause homelessness.
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 27, 2021 16:31:25 GMT
Yes changes need to be made.
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Post by katlady on Aug 27, 2021 16:43:08 GMT
I submitted my ballot and did not vote for any replacement. At first, I was going to vote for a lesser known candidate, but then I decided that I didn't want to give any of them a vote and maybe contribute to them being our next governor.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 27, 2021 16:52:07 GMT
You can write in whoever you like on question 2 (or skip it entirely) but it really doesn’t matter. While I agree with you that the "no" vote is the only one that really matters, only those whose name is on the certified list of write-in candidates will be counted if necessary. The list will be published Sep 3. From the CA SOS:
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Post by lucyg on Aug 28, 2021 4:08:06 GMT
You can write in whoever you like on question 2 (or skip it entirely) but it really doesn’t matter. While I agree with you that the "no" vote is the only one that really matters, only those whose name is on the certified list of write-in candidates will be counted if necessary. The list will be published Sep 3. From the CA SOS: I understand that. A write-in vote is a throwaway* and usually purely for protest’s sake. I didn’t mean to imply that a write-in vote would contribute in any way to someone actually getting elected. *except in Lisa Murkowski’s historic case … maybe some others, too, but her case is the well-known one in modern times.
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Post by chaosisapony on Aug 28, 2021 6:17:14 GMT
I find it pretty interesting as I am researching the candidates online, their websites contain very little actual information. Just a blurb here and there about covid restrictions (Elder) or high taxes or homelessness. I think the most in depth info I have found is Faulconer's tax plan. It makes me feel like everyone has rushed to jump into the race without a thought as to HOW they will accomplish anything that will make California better and more affordable.
Someone give me a plan to address wildfires and the insurance nightmare they cause, help me understand why our roads are in horrific shape while we pay sky high gas taxes and what you are going to do to fix it. It should not cost $600 to register a vehicle for one year. Yet it does and that was a big reason Gray Davis got recalled in '03. No one is mentioning that. What about the mess that is Covered California? You can steal a car and not go to jail right now. PSPS events need to be addressed. I could seriously go on for ages here but I have yet to see a candidate touch on these things with any amount of specificity.
Someone, anyone, can't we have a candidate that actually seems to have our best interests at heart? I am no fan of Newsom but at this point I might just vote "no" on the recall when my intention has up until now has been a "yes".
ETA: Doug Ose actually has quite a bit of info on his site in comparison to some others. However it looks like he is out of the race due to health concerns.
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Post by Chiara27 on Aug 28, 2021 7:12:37 GMT
I voted no on the first question and am deciding on the second. I will probably leave it blank. The ballot booklet was laughable; too many candidates- not enough substance. So much money wasted on this, and there are a lot of uninformed voters in election bc they’re trying to live and get through each day.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 28, 2021 18:24:42 GMT
I think the most in depth info I have found is Faulconer's tax plan. It makes me feel like everyone has rushed to jump into the race without a thought as to HOW they will accomplish anything that will make California better and more affordable. I respectfully urge you to vote no on the recall. Most of the 49 on the ballot have no plan to make California better and more affordable. They are not serious candidates who would be running under any other circumstances. John Cox was the Republican running against Newsom in 2018 and he lost decisively. I don't think he will be at the top of the Republicans in next year's primary. Faulconer term limited out as mayor of San Diego and was already planning his run for the primary against Newsom in 2022. I'm not sure how successful he will be with the Ash Street fiasco coming to light. IMHO, Newsom should finish his term and take on a field of serious, qualified candidates next year. We are still going to have an election next year no matter what happens with the recall.
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Post by onelasttime on Sept 10, 2021 19:03:00 GMT
I’ve about had it with these assholes and I don’t care who they are or what they do. Of all the stupid shortsighted reasons to support a trump supporter.
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Post by onelasttime on Sept 10, 2021 19:09:35 GMT
Well tell that to the firefighters who are throwing a temper tantrum because they need to get vaccinated, a vaccine that will improve their chances of not joining the over 600,000 Americans that have already died from this virus.
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Post by padresfan619 on Sept 10, 2021 19:24:15 GMT
Kevin Faulconer was mayor of San Diego while we had a lovely hepatitis A outbreak that killed people. This was long before covid. I shudder to think how he would handle the pandemic as governor.
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Post by onelasttime on Sept 13, 2021 15:48:35 GMT
Latest poll of who has the best chance of being governor for the yes votes win…
First choice is a trump supporter who, like trump, doesn’t live in the same universe with the rest of us.
Second choice is a college student with absolutely no experience in anything.
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Post by onelasttime on Sept 14, 2021 3:08:37 GMT
He’s right. If Elder becomes the Governor dumpster don will be here all the time. Ick!
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Post by bc2ca on Sept 15, 2021 4:17:47 GMT
And just like that it is over. Well, projected to be a win for the No on Recall with 64% of the vote counted. Two-thirds of the votes are No, one third for Yes. ETA I'm curious to see if Elder runs in 2022.
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Post by papersilly on Sept 15, 2021 4:23:22 GMT
It wasn't even a barely-NO, it was resounding hell-NO.
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Post by lucyg on Sept 15, 2021 4:56:39 GMT
Praise the Lord.
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Post by Chiara27 on Sept 15, 2021 5:34:32 GMT
So angry that time and resources wasted, but so relieved the result was an overwhelming “no”
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 15, 2021 5:44:52 GMT
CNN: Elder has acknowledged defeat!
He said that they should accept defeat with graciousness. He threatens lawsuits alleging fraud...
I have no clue.....
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Post by onelasttime on Sept 15, 2021 5:49:09 GMT
Amen to that.
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