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Government

Jun. 30, 2021

Newsom sues over his lawyers leaving his party off recall ballot

The error occurred when Gov. Gavin Newsom's legal team filed its answer to the recall in February 2020. Olson Remcho LLP acknowledged the error in a lawsuit asking the secretary of state to correct it.

Newsom sues over his lawyers leaving his party off recall ballot
California Gov. Gavin Newsom at a news conference in Oakland, Calif., May 10, 2021. In a perfect storm of partisan rage and pandemic upheaval, the effort to oust Newsom has become only the second recall attempt against a California governor to qualify for the ballot. (New York Times News Service)

Gov. Gavin Newsom sued his appointed Secretary of State Shirley Weber, seeking to correct a paperwork error that could cause his Democratic Party identification to be left off the recall ballot.

A spokesman for the recall campaign said Tuesday it has no plans to intervene in the case.

The writ petition comes with many ironies, including that Newsom appointed Weber to her job just five months ago. Ne...

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