（SACBEE）California Gov. Gavin Newsom will face a recall election on Sept. 14, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis announced on Thursday.

加州副州长埃莱尼·库纳拉基斯(Eleni Kounalakis)周四宣布，加州州长加文·纽森(Gavin Newsom)将在9月14日面临罢免选举。

Her declaration follows more than a year of petition-gathering and campaigning fueled, in part, by outrage over the governor’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

她的声明是在一年多的请愿收集和竞选活动之后发表的，部分原因是对州长处理 COVID-19疫情的做法感到愤怒。

Whether he will actually lose his job, however, is up to voters.

然而，他是否真的会失去工作，取决于选民。

Newsom is enjoying the fruits of an overflowing state bank account and the reopening of California after the pandemic. The latest approval ratings from a May survey by the Public Policy Institute of California, found 57% of voters would vote “no” to recalling the Democratic governor.

纽森正在享受州银行账户溢出和疫情后加州重新开放的成果。 加州公共政策研究所 5 月份的一项最新调查显示，57% 的选民会投票“不”罢免民主党州长。

Democrats in the Legislature on Monday voted to change the election code to expedite voting in the recall. Democrats say an early recall minimizes Newsom’s risk because his adversaries will have less time to make a case against. It also shortens the window for a natural disaster like a wildfire or another COVID-19 wave to jeopardize his approval rating.

周一，立法机关的民主党人投票决定修改选举法，以加快罢免投票。 民主党人表示，提前罢免可以最大限度地降低纽森的风险，因为他的对手将有更少的时间提出反对意见。 它还缩短了自然灾害（如野火或另一波 COVID-19 浪潮）危及他的支持率的事件。

The Department of Finance sent its final cost estimate to state leaders on Thursday morning, with the price tag estimated at around $276 million. Hours later, the Secretary of State’s office sent notice to Kounalakis certifying the petition, with its 1.7 million valid signatures.

美国财政部(Department of Finance)周四上午向州领导人发送了最终的成本估算，估计成本约为2.76亿美元。几小时后，国务卿办公室向库纳拉基斯发出通知，证实了这份170万有效签名的请愿书。

In a statement, Kounalakis, a Democrat, said she believed Sept. 14 to be a “fair and reasonable date” for the recall.

民主党人库纳拉基斯在一份声明中表示，她认为9月14日是罢免的“公平合理日期”。

“It has always been my intention to choose an election date that gives election officials and the public ample time to ensure a smooth election with broad participation,” she said. “Conducting this election on September 14 fulfills my statutory requirements, and provides the time needed for officials to prepare and inform voters.”

她说:“我的意图一直是选择一个选举日，让选举官员和公众有足够的时间，以确保选举顺利进行，并获得广泛参与。”“在9月14日举行选举符合我的法定要求，也为官员们提供了准备和通知选民所需的时间。”

Previously, state law mandated that the Joint Legislative Budget Committee take 30 days to consider the recall cost, a strategy that Democrats enacted four years ago to delay the 2018 recall of state Sen. Josh Newman.

此前，州法律规定，联合立法预算委员会(Joint Legislative Budget Committee)需要30天时间来考虑罢免成本。四年前，民主党人通过了这一策略，推迟了2018年对州参议员乔什·纽曼(Josh Newman)的罢免。

But just this week, Democrats rolled back that provision with Assembly Bill 152, which allows Legislative leaders to bypass the review if they have already allocated funds for counties, which they did in the recent budget. The result is a sooner-than-expected recall election.

但就在本周，民主党人通过第152号国会法案(Assembly Bill 152)撤销了这一条款，该法案允许立法机构领导人绕过审查，如果他们已经为县分配了资金，他们在最近的预算中已经这样做了。结果是，罢免选举比预期的要快。

“Shout out to California Democrats for manipulating their own recall rules,” said California Republican Party Chair Jessica Millan Patterson. “Now Californians only have to wait until September 14 to recall the worst governor in California history, Gavin Newsom.”

加州共和党主席杰西卡·米兰·帕特森(Jessica Millan Patterson)说:“向加州民主党人大声疾呼，他们操纵了自己的罢免规则。”“现在加州人只需要等到 9 月 14 日就能罢免加州历史上最糟糕的州长加文·纽森。”

CALIFORNIA’S SECOND GUBERNATORIAL RECALL

这是加州第二次州长罢免

All registered California voters will receive a mail ballot for the election, similar to the 2020 presidential election.

与2020年的总统选举类似，加州所有注册选民都将收到邮寄选票。

The threshold for triggering a recall election is relatively low in California compared to other states. Recall leaders needed just 1.5 million of the state’s 22 million registered voters to sign the petition to prompt a vote.

与其他州相比，加州引发罢免选举的门槛相对较低。罢免的领导人只需要该州2200万注册选民中的150万人在请愿书上签名就能进行投票。

The only other time Californians have voted in a gubernatorial recall election was in 2003 with the recall of Democratic Gov. Gray Davis.

除此之外，加州人唯一一次在州长罢免选举中投票是在2003年，当时民主党州长格雷·戴维斯被罢免。

Davis, who was facing backlash from rolling blackouts and a strained electric grid, was defeated. Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was chosen to replace him.

面对轮流停电和紧张的电网的反弹，戴维斯被击败。共和党人阿诺德·施瓦辛格被选中接替他。

Juan Rodriguez, leader of Newsom’s Stop the Republican Recall committee, painted the current effort as the work of Trump supporters.

纽森“阻止共和党人被罢免”委员会的负责人胡安·罗德里格斯(Juan Rodriguez)将目前的努力描述为特朗普支持者的工作。

”This Republican recall is a naked attempt by Trump Republicans to grab control in California — powered by the same Republicans who refused to accept the results of the presidential election and are now pushing voter suppression laws across the country,” he said in a statement. “On Sept. 14, Californians will have the chance to defend our state and reject this Republican power grab once and for all.”

他在一份声明中说：“这次共和党罢免是特朗普共和党人赤裸裸地企图夺取加利福尼亚的控制权——由那些拒绝接受总统选举结果、现在正在全国推行选民压制法的共和党人提供支持。” “9 月 14 日，加利福尼亚人将有机会捍卫我们的州，永远拒绝共和党攫取权力的行为。”

HOW A CALIFORNIA RECALL ELECTION WORKS

加州的罢免选举是如何运作的

In a recall election, voters will see two questions on their ballot. The first will ask whether Newsom should be removed. Voters will mark “yes” or “no.”

在罢免选举中，选民会在选票上看到两个问题。第一个问题是Newsom是否应该被罢免。选民可选择“是”或“否”。

The second question will ask voters to choose a replacement in the event Newsom is removed. In 2003, more than 130 candidates signed up to run in the recall of Davis. This time around, fewer candidates have thrown their hats in the recall ring. Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, 2018 candidate John Cox, former GOP Rep. Doug Ose, and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner have all announced their intentions to run against Newsom.

第二个问题将要求选民在纽森被撤换后选择一个替代人选。2003年，超过130名候选人报名参加戴维斯的罢免。这一次，参与罢免选举的候选人减少了。前圣地亚哥市长凯文·福克纳、2018年候选人约翰·考克斯、前共和党众议员道格·奥斯以及真人秀明星凯特琳·詹纳都宣布了他们将与纽森竞选的计划。

State law requires candidates to file for the recall no less than 59 days from the election date.

州法律要求候选人必须在选举之日起的59天内提出罢免申请。

But unless more than 50% of voters choose “yes” on question one, Newsom will remain in office for the rest of his term.

但除非超过 50% 的选民在第一个问题上选择“是”，否则纽森将在他的剩余任期内继续任职。

Faulconer on Thursday said “change is coming” for Newsom.

福克纳周四表示，纽森的“变革即将到来”。

“The people have spoken and this recall is happening,” he said in a statement. “This movement is powered by Californians from every community - Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. I am ready to lead this recall.”

他在一份声明中表示:“人们已经表态，罢免正在进行中。”他说:“这场罢免的动力来自加州的每一个社区——民主党人、共和党人和无党派人士。我准备领导这次罢免。”

Cox also pointed to California’s wildfires, homelessness, and high taxes as reasons the public will recall the governor.

考克斯还指出，加州的野火、无家可归和高税收是公众罢免这位州长的原因。

“Gavin Newsom will be recalled on September 14th. The insiders and allies have done their best to manipulate the election date for the pretty boy Governor, but it doesn’t matter. The people are tired of corruption and politicians who don’t deliver,” he said in a statement.

加文·纽森将于9月14日被罢免。这个人说:“局内人和他的同盟者尽了他们最大的努力来操纵这个漂亮男孩州长的选举日期，但也无所谓。 人们厌倦了腐败和不履行职责的政客。”

One remaining question is whether Newsom will have a “Democrat” next to his name on the recall ballot. Newsom is suing Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, his hand-picked appointee, over a filing error that would omit his party preference from the ballot. Newsom approached Weber to change the error in June, according to court filings, but the office declined to correct it.

剩下的一个问题是，在罢免投票中，纽森的名字旁边是否会有一个“民主党人”。纽森正在起诉他亲手挑选的国务卿雪莉·n·韦伯(Shirley N. Weber)，原因是他在提交文件时犯了一个错误，导致他的党派偏好在投票中被遗漏。根据法庭文件，纽森在6月找到韦伯，希望改正这个错误，但办公室拒绝改正。

Sophia Bollag of The Sacramento Bee Capitol Bureau contributed to this report.

Sacramento Bee Capitol Bureau 的 Sophia Bollag 为本报告做出了贡献。