Effort to Recall California Gov. Newsom Has Enough Signatures to Make Ballot

California Governor Gavin Newsom attends the opening of the country's first federal and state operated community vaccination site during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 16, 2021. Mike Blake/Reuters

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Organizers of the recall effort against California Gov. Gavin Newsom collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot.

The California secretary of state’s office announced Monday that more than 1.6 million signatures had been verified, about 100,000 more than needed to force a vote on the first-term Democrat.