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| The effort to recall Soros-linked Los Angeles DA George Gascon failed | ||
| 2022-08-16 | ||
| Los Angeles has the government it deserves. [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Logan said 520,050 signatures were found to be valid and 195,783 were found to be invalid. To qualify the recall for the ballot, the petition required 566,857 valid signatures, he said. A previous effort to recall Gascón also failed to gather enough valid signatures to make it onto the ballot last year.
“Fueled by Republican mega-donors, police unions and others ideologically opposed to reform, the campaign followed a familiar pattern of using misinformation, fear-mongering and the politicization of tragedies to scapegoat District Attorney George Gascón,” Irwin said. There were other differences between the unsuccessful attempts efforts to recall Gascón and the successful effortto boot Boudin from office. One is that Gascón is a more experienced prosecutor with a longer track record, while Boudin had served for much of his career in the public defender’s office. “He has more of a track record,” said Jim Ross, a San Francisco political consultant who advised Boudin during his recall. “It’s harder to go after him. He’s progressive, but he was also a former police officer.” Plus, it is more challenging to get enough signatures in sprawling Los Angeles County, which is more than 10 times as populous as San Francisco. Also, while San Francisco Mayor London Breed did not take a position on the Boudin recall, she was open about her frustrations with the district attorney’s office. Meanwhile, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, who is the poll leader for November’s race for Los Angeles mayor, has opposed the recall. Gascón appeared at Bass’ campaign kickoff event. Gascón said he learned something from Boudin’s recall: To focus less on crime and prosecutorial data and more on the emotions that people feel about crime in the community. Related: George Gascón: 2022-07-13 Paroled robbery suspect holds up California store at gunpoint: video George Gascón: 2022-06-12 Kim Foxx's husband calls 911 on her, claims she slapped him in alleged domestic dispute George Gascón: 2022-04-02 Campaign to recall LA County DA George Gascon gains momentum with over 200K signatures | ||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 So Soros owns the vote counters too? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-08-16 16:18 |
| #5 No signature match challenges were allowed in the 2020 contested states. I can't imagine that the a sampling of ballots from Fulton County would have faired well against this type of process. Unfortunately we are a couple of weeks away from the destruction of those ballots. In that Gascon's term runs to 2024, it will be interesting to see whether LA takes another bite at the recall apple. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-08-16 13:58 |
| #4 The petitioners sought a lot more signatures than the required 566k because they knew a certain percentage of signatures would be ruled invalid. Wonder how many were deliberately invalid. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-08-16 13:29 |
| #3 So that's a 26% error rate compared to a 2020 election error rate of 1%.... if you don't think the fix is in, call me... I have some crypto currency to sell you. (I wasn't just talking about the recall election). |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-08-16 09:39 |
| #2 Remember it not who |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-08-16 07:05 |