What a YES vote does
YES removes the replacement contest from state recall ballots and fills vacancies through succession, appointment or a later election.
Official vote explanation, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.
What a NO vote does
NO keeps the recall vote and replacement contest on the same state recall ballot.
Official vote explanation, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.
Cost and money
The official analysis says costs or savings could reach millions of dollars per recall.
A separate replacement election can add costs; removing candidates from a recall ballot can save costs. The net effect is unknown.
Official fiscal analysis, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.
Who put it on the ballot
Legislature, SCA 1 (Newman); certified June 25, 2026.
Official qualified list, undated, retrieved 2026-10-05; Secretary Shirley Weber's certification release, 2026-06-25. Weber is the certifying official, not the measure's sponsor. June 25 is certification, not a claim that every legislative vote occurred that day.
A rule that matters
The method of filling a vacancy depends on the office and timing.
It preserves the vote to remove an official and changes the replacement process; it does not end recalls.
Official analysis and law, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.
Who is paying
SOS daily chart: Yes $0.00; No $0.00. Quick Guide, undated daily snapshot retrieved 2026-10-05. The chart applies election-cycle/allied-transfer adjustments. Committee exports below use their own records and may include later receipts, shared campaigns, intermediary money and nonmonetary support. Differences remain unreconciled; do not add them or treat the chart as a committee balance.
Yes: no funded primary committee verified
SOS daily chart reports $0.00 for this side. No top-five donor ranking is available; zero reported in this chart does not mean no advocacy or no undisclosed money. Source: Quick Guide snapshot, 2026-10-05.
No: no funded primary committee verified
SOS daily chart reports $0.00 for this side. No top-five donor ranking is available; zero reported in this chart does not mean no advocacy or no undisclosed money. Source: Quick Guide snapshot, 2026-10-05.
Why: who benefits
Successors and appointing authorities can gain responsibility; voters retain removal power but may lose an immediate replacement choice.
Brian Jones signs the opposition argument. His signature is advocacy, not a reported contribution.
Official law and analysis, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05; committee/interest declarations and dated receipts above. Endorsement claims are identified as claims in the official arguments. The published arguments are the signers' opinions, not agency-verified findings.
Existing database, checked 2026-10-05: Secretary of State organization #15343; Shirley Weber politician #100 (certification role only). Funder rows above link the recorded find and resolve results, including exact entity IDs. Near matches were not merged; profiles and prior evidence are leads, not proof about this measure. Lookup custody.
Our view — opinion
What remains unknown
Money received after the captured filings, unfiled late receipts, unitemized donor detail, ultimate sources behind intermediaries, and a full reconciliation between SOS adjusted totals and gross committee receipts remain unknown. Donor rankings aggregate captured receipts within a committee; they do not rank ultimate wealth owners. Loans are identified separately where available.
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