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California's Proposition 5 would change how recall elections work

California's Proposition 5 would delay choosing a recalled official's successor and let the recalled official run again; the Newsom recall cost about two hundred million dollars.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCalifornia voters get Proposition 5 in November, an amendment that would delay the election of a recalled official's successor.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the recalled official could run in that later special election.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA comeback tour, with ballots.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCalMatters says the twenty twenty-one Newsom recall cost about two hundred million dollars, and two separate elections would double that.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWho pays for the second one?

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorVoters, and we're calling it an extended democratic experience.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFour hundred million dollars, and he can still win his old job back. Best return policy in America.

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