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California Prop 5

Changes Recall Election Process For Statewide Officers. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.. 2026 results by county, from California's official results file: Yes 51.8%, No 48.2% statewide.

Statewide

Under current law, voters elect replacement candidates at the same time as the recall election. This measure instead fills recall vacancies by subsequent special election or appointment.

A yes vote
Recall elections would no longer include a question about who should fill the vacancy. Instead, vacancies typically would be filled through special elections or appointments, depending on the office and timing.
A no vote
Voters would continue to be asked who should fill the vacancy as part of recall elections.
Yes 51.8% No 48.2%

6,309,359 yes and 5,864,588 no.

Official Voter Information Guide

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

58 counties: Yes has the most votes in 16, No has the most votes in 42. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Alameda County62.5%37.5%519,186
Alpine County53.3%46.7%550
Amador County30.0%70.0%17,683
Butte County41.4%58.6%72,739
Calaveras County29.6%70.4%20,244
Colusa County36.9%63.1%5,551
Contra Costa County53.7%46.3%419,212
Del Norte County37.2%62.8%7,742
El Dorado County32.7%67.3%88,630
Fresno County42.4%57.6%236,593
Glenn County31.9%68.1%8,263
Humboldt County50.3%49.7%42,702
Imperial County50.5%49.5%35,888
Inyo County40.5%59.5%6,928
Kern County41.5%58.5%223,031
Kings County39.8%60.2%33,462
Lake County42.7%57.3%13,727
Lassen County22.8%77.2%8,593
Los Angeles County59.5%40.5%2,895,509
Madera County38.2%61.8%45,722
Marin County59.0%41.0%110,647
Mariposa County33.3%66.7%7,509
Mendocino County49.5%50.5%28,449
Merced County46.5%53.5%69,627
Modoc County26.5%73.5%3,004
Mono County46.4%53.6%4,585
Monterey County57.8%42.2%118,897
Napa County51.7%48.3%49,476
Nevada County44.0%56.0%48,157
Orange County45.8%54.2%1,079,685
Placer County37.8%62.2%178,241
Plumas County34.2%65.8%7,938
Riverside County46.6%53.4%641,415
Sacramento County49.8%50.2%518,233
San Benito County47.4%52.6%16,851
San Bernardino County47.4%52.6%595,286
San Diego County49.0%51.0%1,137,630
San Francisco County71.4%28.6%321,293
San Joaquin County44.9%55.1%205,463
San Luis Obispo County44.4%55.6%111,146
San Mateo County55.9%44.1%255,117
Santa Barbara County55.0%45.0%146,608
Santa Clara County52.9%47.1%583,082
Santa Cruz County55.0%45.0%96,321
Shasta County29.7%70.3%58,525
Sierra County33.5%66.5%1,427
Siskiyou County35.3%64.7%16,127
Solano County49.7%50.3%149,144
Sonoma County54.8%45.2%199,997
Stanislaus County41.3%58.7%145,254
Sutter County35.8%64.2%29,398
Tehama County29.4%70.6%20,091
Trinity County37.2%62.8%4,341
Tulare County40.6%59.4%112,222
Tuolumne County32.3%67.7%22,476
Ventura County49.9%50.1%281,700
Yolo County56.4%43.6%74,193
Yuba County34.9%65.1%22,437

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

California's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 6:24 PM. Unofficial until certified. California's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.