Malcontents need only gather signatures equivalent to 12 percent of the number of people who voted in the last election — in this case, 1.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

California’s population is around 40 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This whole recall is ridiculous,” said Jake, a 38-year-old tech industry worker, who preferred not to give his last name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I did the math and even if every registered voter turns out, it would cost more than $12 per vote,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A lot of people could have had a breakfast with that this morning.”

“The Governator,” who ended up running the state for more than seven years, was California’s last Republican chief executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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