In an hour-long interview with CalMatters, Secretary of State Shirley Weber talks about changing California’s recalls for governor, increasing voter participation and other issues.
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber is interviewed at the CalMatters offices on Oct. 5, 2022.
But her main recommendation is to separate the two questions that now appear on a gubernatorial recall ballot: Whether to remove a governor and who should replace him or her. Weber said the focus last year on the, led by conservative radio host Larry Elder, obscured a real debate on Newsom’s record. Under the system she favors, if a governor is recalled, the lieutenant governor would step in until a separate special election is held. If the recall happened close to the next gubernatorial election, the lieutenant governor would serve out the remainder of the term instead.
in California. But Weber is not convinced that the process for qualifying an initiative needs an overhaul, which she worries might lock out grassroots campaigns and attempts to deal with issues caught up in legislative gridlock.Nor does Weber agree that the role of writing the title and summary for those measuresand given to a nonpartisan source.
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