argues that a single problem place would be lead to better run elections, and would be more accessible. the activists argue that a single polling place would mean some county residents would have to drive more than 20 miles out of the way, just to put a ballot. they were supposed to vote on that wednesday night, but because of these petitions, the vote never happened. this may sound like a lot of stories you ve heard before. democrat dick fighting their local officials for the right to vote. check this out. lincoln county is about 70% wind, and cast 68% of its votes for donald trump in 2020. these activists spent months going door to door collecting signatures to make sure that it doesn t get harder for anyone to vote. they are not partisan, big d democrats. they re small d democrats, supporting democracy and everyone. nationally, more than 1688 polling places have been shuttered, since the supreme
stay recall and the voters choose to keep these people in office. but i go out on streets and i talk to democrat, republicans none of them like this. well nobody accounts violent crime people want to feel safe. but you know, there s two recalls going on here in california. the san francisco one is already qualified for ballot that will happen in june. and there s a very big ground swell to get him out of office same is true for los angeles where they re in process of collecting signatures listen. we re in the worst time for half of our lives in many, many years and we all have to realize as citizens we deserve to feel safe and these prosecutors and policies are not doing that. ann marie can you break it down for our audience because i ve had deputy d.a. in california, los angeles, and so often i m asked about audience why can t these deputy d.a. s just do that i think jour and why is it the boss and elected official that gets to make the
stay recall and the voters choose to keep these people in office. but i go out on streets and i talk to democrat, republicans none of them like this. well nobody accounts violent crime people want to feel safe. but you know, there s two recalls going on here in california. the san francisco one is already qualified for ballot that will happen in june. and there s a very big ground swell to get him out of office same is true for los angeles where they re in process of collecting signatures listen. we re in the worst time for half of our lives in many, many years and we all have to realize as citizens we deserve to feel safe and these prosecutors and policies are not doing that. ann marie can you break it down for our audience because i ve had deputy d.a. in california, los angeles, and so often i m asked about audience why can t these deputy d.a. s just do that i think jour and why is it the boss and elected official that gets to make the
they really need a powerful unifying issue that s going to get people out there that transcends political ideology race, gender. parents go out and vote we saul it today eastern lowden collecting signatures for recall. we collected well over 3,000 really before 2:00 today. there is excitement out there and parent are engaged. bret: do you sense a shift? i mean, have you followed this for the past few weeks and you have seen the shift personally? yeah, i think the shift out here hinged on two things. one, terry mcauliffe during the debate saying parents shouldn t have a role in how schools teach two the issue of with sexual cover-up in loudoun county. a lot of parents whether conservative or liberal started to realize maybe there is something going on here where political agendas being in school put before student safety.
threat of recall just this year. because that s how they do it in california. california asks for recalls all the time. you can mount a recall campaign against any statewide elected official for any reason at all if you can achieve the grand results of collecting signatures from just 12% of people who voted in the last election for that seat. not 12% of registered voters but 12% of the number of people who voted in the last election for that seat specifically. that s all you need to be able to get that statewide elected official put up for recall. as low bars go this is kind of so low it just sits there on the floor and invites you to walk on it. and so every governor in california for the past 60 years has faced at least one attempt to recall them. and you will of course recall the successful 2003 recall of democratic california governor gray davis. that s how we ended up bizarrely with governor arnold schwarzenegger for a hot minute.