California have this very interesting law that allows elected officers to be removed from office after 90 days in office (and 60 days before their term end)
“Determine the Number of Signatures Required
If an officer of a city, county, school district, county board of education, or resident voting district is sought to be recalled, the number of signatures must be equal in number to not less than the following percent of registered voters in the electoral jurisdiction:
(a) Thirty percent (30%) if the registration is less than 1,000.
(b) Twenty-five percent (25%) if the registration is less than 10,000 but at least 1,000.
(c) Twenty percent (20%) if the registration is less than 50,000 but at least 10,000.
(d) Fifteen percent (15%) if the registration is less than 100,000 but at least 50,000.
(e) Ten percent (10%) if the registration is 100,000 or above”
So for this governor’s case, 10% of the registered voters can remove him from office.
What an incredible way of check and balances – making removal of elected people really doable (or even weaponised if they are organised enough)
The removed person, cannot re-run to replace himself in the Recall Election as well.
This is like one of the most powerful way to prevent dictatorships…
You can read how the Recall procedure works here:
https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/recalls/recall-procedures-guide.pdf
