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Santa Rosa,
CA – May 25, 2021 – Today, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted to hold a countywide election on Sept. 14, 2021, to determine whether District Attorney Jill Ravitch should be recalled and who should replace her if a majority votes in favor of the recall.
The Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters Deva Marie Proto announced that declarations of candidacy forms for eligible candidates desiring to replace Ms. Ravitch may be obtained from and filed at the Registrar of Voters Office, 435 Fiscal Dr., Santa Rosa, CA, beginning at 8 a.m. tomorrow, May 26, and no later than 5 p.m., July 1, 2021. Candidates interested in collecting signatures in lieu of the filing fee may pick up and file such papers beginning at 8 a.m. tomorrow, May 26, and no later than 5 p.m., June 22, 2021.
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May 12, 2021
Santa Rosa, CA – May 12, 2021 – Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters Deva Marie Proto announced today that a petition circulated to recall District Attorney Jill Ravitch has been certified as sufficient. Proponents of the recall have gathered more than the required 30,056 valid signatures of registered voters to trigger a recall election. As a result, the recall question will be heading to voters in a special election on a date later this year. The Board of Supervisors has to set the election date within 14 days of the petition being certified to them. That matter will be brought before them at the May 25 board meeting. The Registrar of Voters will be recommending an election date on Sept. 14.
Recall petitioners can still withdraw signatures
Of the more than 1.6 million signatures collected in a petition to initiate the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom, 3,300 were received and verified in Imperial County.
The Imperial County Registrar of Voters Office announced Tuesday that local petition signers have until June 8 to change their minds.
The elections department explained that pursuant to Elections Code section 11108(b), any voter who has signed the recall petition may withdraw their signature, if they so choose, by providing a written request.
Although there is no specific format required, a written request for signature withdrawal must include:
Voterâs name