A preliminary count of signatures submitted in a petition to recall L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón total 715,833, elections officials reported.
A preliminary count of signatures submitted in a petition to recall Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón totals 715,833, L.A. County elections officials reported Saturday.
At least 566,857 valid signatures are required before voters can decide whether to recall Gascón from office. Fueled in part by rising crime and homelessness, Gascón and his progressive policies have been the subject of intense criticism since he was elected in 2020. Election officials plan to use the random sampling technique for the verification of petition signatures, which is allowed under the California Elections Code. The random sample is 5% of the total number of signatures submitted.
An attempt to recall Gascón failed last year when the recall campaign was unable to garner enough signatures on a petition to put the issue to voters.