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Democrats push for changes to California recall efforts

Gov. Gavin Newsom meets with students at Melrose Leadership Academy, a TK-8 school in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, one day after defeating a Republican-led recall effort. (AP Photo/Nick Otto) Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the press after visiting with students at Melrose Leadership Academy, a TK-8 school in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, one day after defeating a Republican-led recall effort. (AP Photo/Nick Otto) FILE - In this July 29, 2021, file photo, volunteer Merle Canfield assembles yard signs against the Sept. 14, recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom, at the Fresno County Democratic Party headquarters in Fresno, Calif. Democratic state lawmakers Sen. Steve Glazer and Assemblyman Marc Berman called for reforming the recall election requirements, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021. This could include increasing the number of signatures to force a recall election, raising the standards to require malfeasance on the part of the office-holder and change the current process in which someone with a small percentage of votes could replace a sitting governor. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) FILE - In this June 11, 2018 file photo, then California state Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, sits at his desk, in the state Capitol in Sacramento, just days after a successful election to recall him from office. Democratic state lawmakers Sen. Steve Glazer and Assemblyman Marc Berman called for reforming the recall election requirements, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021. Newman, who regained his seat in 2020 and said he will propose two constitutional amendments to change the rules governing recall elections. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) A truck with a digital sign reminding people of the Sept. 14 recall election is parked in a shopping center in Sacramento Calif., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Democratic state lawmakers Sen. Steve Glazer and Assemblyman Marc Berman called for reforming the recall election requirements, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021. This could include increasing the number of signatures to force a recall election, raising the standards to require malfeasance on the part of the office-holder and change the current process in which someone with a small percentage of votes could replace a sitting governor. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) FILE - In this June 14, 2018 file photo State Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, addresses the state Senate at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. Glazer and Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, called for reforming the recall election requirements, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021. This could include increasing the number of signatures to force a recall election, raising the standards to require malfeasance on the part of the office-holder and change the current process in which someone with a small percentage of votes could replace a sitting governor. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) FILE - This May 4, 2017 file photo shows Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. Berman and state Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda called for reforming the recall election requirements, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021. This could include increasing the number of signatures to force a recall election, raising the standards to require malfeasance on the part of the office-holder and change the current process in which someone with a small percentage of votes could replace a sitting governor. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)