California CodesCalifornia Constitution - CONSArticle II — Voting, Initiative and Referendum, and RecallSection 15
(a) An election to determine whether to recall an officer and, if appropriate, to elect a successor shall be called by the Governor and held not less than 60 days nor more than 80 days from the date of certification of sufficient signatures.
(b) A recall election may be conducted within 180 days from the date of certification of sufficient signatures in order that the election may be consolidated with the next regularly scheduled election occurring wholly or partially within the same jurisdiction in which the recall election is held, if the number of voters eligible to vote at that next regularly scheduled election equal at least 50 percent of all the voters eligible to vote at the recall election.
(c) If the majority vote on the question is to recall, the officer is removed and, if there is a candidate, the candidate who receives a plurality is the successor. The officer may not be a candidate, nor shall there be any candidacy for an office filled pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI.
Notes
Requires a recall election 60 to 80 days after sufficient signatures are certified, but allows consolidation within 180 days when the next regular election covers at least half the eligible recall voters. Removes the officer upon a majority recall vote and installs the plurality successor, while barring the recalled officer from candidacy.
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