California effort to recall Gavin Newsom gets signatures needed to trigger vote

More than 1.6m signatures have been verified by the California secretary of state, making an election likely in the fall

California's governor, Gavin Newsom, is set to face a recall election after organizers of the effort collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot.

The California secretary of state's office announced Monday that more than 1.6m signatures had been verified, about 100,000 more than needed to force a vote on the first-term Democrat.