The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom received the necessary number of verified signatures to trigger a recall election, California’s Secretary of State said on April 26. The campaign received more than 1.6 million verified signatures. It needed 1,495,709 valid signatures to prompt a statewide vote. “This now triggers the next phase of the recall process, a 30-business-day period in which voters may submit written requests to county Registrars of Voters to remove their names from the recall petition,” Secretary of State Shirley Weber said in a statement. “A recall election will be held unless a sufficient number of signatures are withdrawn.” Newsom responded to the news on Twitter on April 26 by firing back at Republican supporters of the initiative. “This Republican recall threatens our values and seeks to undo the important progress we’ve made—from fighting COVID, to helping struggling families, protecting our environment, and passing commonsense gun violence solutions,” Newsom wrote. …