The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday for Riverside County residents to cast their in-person votes for the recall election. Registrar workers had been up since before 4 a.m. helping supply polling places with the materials needed to get their locations up and running on time. At 8 p.m. the registrar
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The recall election is costing $276 million according to the California Department of Finance, and not everyone is on board with the price tag. Elle Kurpiewski with the Democratic Headquarters of the Desert said there are far more important things this money could be used for. “I find this to be really an insult to
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By Dan Merica, CNN Republican candidate Larry Elder told reporters on Wednesday that he believes “there might very well be shenanigans” in the election to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom, continuing the baseless GOP effort to undermine elections by suggesting wrongdoing. Elder, the leading Republican candidate to replace Newsom if the recall is successful, made
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Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz cast his ballot for the recall election on Tuesday. The Congressman is encouraging people to vote no. “Yeah, we need to tell our family, we need to tell our friends. we need to go around our block knock on doors, to get out and vote. We need to really raise
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By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The recall election against California Gov. Gavin Newsom stems from two key events on a single day last November. That’s when the Democratic governor dined with 11 friends and lobbyists at the high-end French Laundry restaurant while he was urging Californians not to gather. It’s also
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Things are looking different this year for Riverside County voters, as residents will now be assigned to specific polling places for the recall election. The polls to vote in person will be open from September 11-14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 14 will be the very last day to get votes in where
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Votes are being cast in the effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom as local political parties are ramping up efforts to get those mail-in ballots returned and counted. Valley Republicans are offering ballot harvesting as an option to get your ballot returned by Sept. 14 – but valley Democrats say it’s not a method
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press A group of election security experts on Thursday called for a rigorous audit of the upcoming recall election for California’s governor after copies of systems used to run elections across the country were released publicly. Their letter sent to the secretary of state’s office urges the
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrats have an early edge in the California recall election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. State figures show Democrats are returning mail-in ballots at more than twice the rate submitted by Republicans. Not every Democrat will be voting
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN All eyes are on a state that backed President Joe Biden by nearly 30 points, where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2-to-1, to see if voters will oust their Democratic governor. At first glance, the numbers wouldn’t seem to make it possible, but the political climate has created some unpredictable crosswinds for
Continue ReadingCNN, KGO By Maeve Reston, CNN Larry Elder, the leading GOP candidate vying to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom, said he doesn’t think it’s necessary for young people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 or for children to wear masks at school, and he vowed to repeal any mask or vaccine mandates for California’s state workers
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A colorful cast of more than 40 candidates from all political persuasions are vying to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in California’s recall election, but only a handful have managed to break through the pack. The candidates have two weeks left to convince voters to boot Newsom out of office and
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s next governor could be a Black conservative who would erase state vaccine and mask mandates, is critical of gun control, disputes the notion of systemic racism in America and opposes the minimum wage because he says it tramples the free market. The rapid
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN As polls have tightened dramatically in recent weeks in the effort to recall Gavin Newsom, the Democratic California governor and his allies have been warning of doomsday scenarios if he is ousted on September 14 and replaced by a conservative Republican bent on unraveling the state’s progressive agenda. But as some
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN As conservative talk radio host Larry Elder has surged to the front of the Republican pack in the effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrats have redoubled their efforts to activate female voters to come to Newsom’s defense — warning that California could face a very different future under Elder
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrat Kevin Paffrath used his first appearance on a recall debate stage to pitch himself as the best alternative should voters remove California Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. Paffrath appeared Wednesday alongside Republicans Kevin Faulconer, Kevin Kiley and John Cox. The 29-year-old YouTube creator has never
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The Board of Supervisors today approved the formation of an independent volunteer panel to observe all future Riverside County elections and report on the pros and cons, in the interest of promoting transparency and efficiency. “I think at this time in our country, it’s important to have confidence in our election process,” Supervisor Kevin Jeffries
Continue ReadingBy Josh Haskell Click here for updates on this story TORRANCE, California (KABC) — Authorities are investigating why 300 unopened vote-by-mail ballots for the upcoming recall election were found – along with a gun, drugs and stolen mail – in a car parked at a Torrance convenience store. The discovery was made Aug. 16 when
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The only time Californians voted to recall a governor, they replaced him with a Hollywood megastar. This time, could it be a 29-year-old YouTube star who ends up leading the nation’s most populous state? It’s a very long shot, but Kevin Paffrath could conceivably win simply
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