After California Secretary of State Shirley Weber tried desperately to stop a pro-Trump candidate from entering the governor recall election, a federal judge has stopped her in her tracks.
California’s secretary of state attempted to disqualify conservative talk show host Larry Elder from entering the governor recall election due to a technicality.
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Laurie Earl decided that Larry Elder was allowed to run in the California recall race against Governor Gavin Newsom, ruling that the state elections chief had no authority to demand five years of tax returns because the law applies to a standard “direct primary,” not a special election.
“I won my court case, I will be included on the ballot to recall this Governor Gavin Newsom. The recall election takes place on September the 14th. I want to thank Judge Earl for being fair, which he ruled was that this election law didn’t even apply to recall elections, and even if it did, I substantially complied,” Elder said in a video posted to his Twitter account, celebrating his victory.
WE WON!!!https://t.co/mnvU6rOkTD#RecallGavinNewsom#WeveGotAStateToSave pic.twitter.com/WcdZ1wj4wX
— Larry Elder (@larryelder) July 21, 2021
“I want to express my deepest gratitude to the Superior Court of California, our friends, volunteers, supporters, and the people of California. We fought the shenanigans of Sacramento’s politicians and we won. If elected governor, I will fight every single day for this state. This is just the beginning,” Elder said.
Victory! My next one will be on Sept. 14 at the ballot box. https://t.co/mnvU6s5Wid#RecallGavinNewsom #WeveGotAStateToSave pic.twitter.com/qI2X3IBSHw
— Larry Elder (@larryelder) July 21, 2021
There are 42 candidates running in the recall election. A poll from Inside California Politics/Emerson College shows that, of more than 1,000 registered voters in California, Elder is in the lead with 16 percent of voters.
