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PRICE RECALL

—PRICE CHECK—Alameda County voters will decide the fate of District Attorney Pamela Price in a recall special election sometime this year.

—A recall effort that seemingly began at the outset of Price’s first few months in office last year was certified by the county registrar on Monday.

—Alameda County Registrar Tim Dupuis certified 74,757 valid signatures out of more than 123,000 submitted by Save Alameda For Everyone (SAFE) on March 4.

—SAFE needed at least 73,195 valid signatures to qualify for a special recall election. group exceeded the amount by just 1,500 signatures.

—PETITION—The high number of invalid signatures turned in by SAFE certainly would have torpedoed the recall effort, if not for a late major push by the recall effort in the three weeks prior to the March 5 filing deadline.

—The final stretch of the signature-gathering campaign included a final wave of spending that brought in another 30,000 signatures.

—But upon inspection by the county registrar’s office, a whopping 48,617 signatures were deemed invalid.

—It’s unclear what the large number of invalid signatures means for the recall’s chances, but a stern letter to the signature-gathering company employed by SAFE may already be in the mail.

—The margin of difference was expected to be tight after a random count last month failed to return a statistically certain number of valid signatures.

—The determination essentially meant the recall would either be certified with a number somewhere below 80,000 signatures or fail to qualify altogether.

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price

—WHAT’S NEXT?—The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will formally accept the certification of the March Primary today, which includes Measure B, a charter amendment measure that aligns the county’s recall provisions with state election law.

—This likely means the signature-gathering phase of the recall will have been conducted under rules in the county charter, while the certification and recall special election operates under state law.

—In a statement released on Monday, SAFE urged the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to accept the certification of the recall at their April 30 meeting and call a special election for sometime between the end of July and early September.

—But under state rules, if the Board of Supervisors waits until May 14, the last day to call for a special election, they could conceivably place the recall special election on the consolidated Nov. 5 General Election.

—The difference of 14 days could possibly decide whether a late summer special election that likely favors recalling Price is called, or a November General Election date is called that likely favors Price avoiding a recall.

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