Reply #1: Nope...

[Hell Hath No Fury]

Bustamente had no choice. One of the recent Davis lawsuits that was thrown out by the CA Supreme Court addressed exactly what you are talking about -- it asked that the date be pushed back to the November. The CA recall law requires that the election be held 60 days after the recall petition is certified. We are just stuck.

On Edit: Bustamente did have up to 80 days but the election is set for 77 days. He did the best he could.


California governor recall election set for Oct. 7, last possible date

July 24, 2003
By ERICA WERNER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Gray Davis will face a recall election on Oct. 7, the lieutenant governor said Thursday, selecting the last possible date allowed by California law and giving his fellow Democrat nearly three months to campaign to keep his job.

The announcement by Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante came the morning after the secretary of state certified that the Republican-led drive to recall Davis had collected more than enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. Davis would be only the second governor in the nation ever to be recalled.

State law required Bustamante to set the election date 60 to 80 days from Wednesday's certification -- Oct. 7 squeaks in at 77 days, the last Tuesday in the timeframe.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/california/24recall.html