An Instagram post questions how less than 1% of 2020 mail ballots were rejected in California when 30% of signatures on a recall petition in Los Angeles were rejected. The rates are based on different types of documents with different rejection reasons.
In this Dec. 7, 2020, file photo provided by the County of Los Angeles, George Gascón speaks after he was sworn in as Los Angeles district attorney in Los Angeles. An effort to put a question on a ballot to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón failed because proponents fell short on collecting petition signatures.
Los Angeles voters will not decide whether to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón in November because recall supporters didn’t collect enough valid signatures to put a question on the ballot. Some numbers the post cites are accurate in isolation. But these rejection rates are based on different types of documents with different reasons for being rejected.
Gascón is part of a national movement of prosecutors who are calling to change tough-on-crime policies that have driven prison costs higher. Amid an increase in some crimes includingCalifornia law requires that signatures on mail ballots and petitions be checked
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