Bid to Recall Oakland Mayor Gains Enough Signatures to Make November Ballot

The effort to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao advanced this week, as the Alameda County Registrar of Voters confirmed June 18 that proponents had garnered sufficient signatures. Oakland United to Recall Sheng Thao (OUST) submitted more than 40,000 petitions, ahead of the July 22 deadline, with the intent to get the recall placed on the November ballot. “This historic achievement marks the first recall in Oakland’s history, with over 40,000 Oakland voters signing with a sense of urgency and purpose to recall this dishonest and incompetent mayor,” said OUST President Brenda Harbin-Forte, a retired Alameda County Superior Court judge, in a statement sent to The Epoch Times....