California

If any republican gets 15 percent or even 20 of the recall votes and it's more than the others on the ballot, he/she becomes governor of the most populous state in the nation without having been vetted, without having outdistanced others in a primary or prevailed in a general election against the Democratic candidate.

And this outrageous scenario could happen even if Newsom gets way more votes on Question 1 on the ballot, as voting "No" on Question 1 is voting for Newsom. But Question 1, from my understanding, has to get at least a majority of the votes, not even a sizeable plurality which in itself could be more votes than the highest vote recipient on Question 2.

And in such a situation, the Question 2 candidate, one of many, with the highest vote count, maybe just 17% of the vote, would still prevail and become governor with fewer votes than Newsom received on Question 1, which could be as high as 49.9% of the vote.

So how to vote is a difficult, almost "Catch 22" conundrum that I hope the courts decide is unfair to the governor and halts the recall. If not the Dem-controlled legislature surely has to correct it asap.