A look at what happens after the Oct. 7 recall election:
Registrars in California's 58 counties have 28 days to
complete official vote count. County supervisors have an additional
seven days to approve results and send to secretary of state's
office.
Within five days of county certification, any registered voter
can request a recount if willing to pay for the costly process.
Secretary of state has four days to certify county election
results. Under certain conditions, secretary of state can certify
results before counties finish their official count. Entire
certification process cannot take longer than 39 days from election
day Nov. 15.
Upon certification of recall and replacement, new governor can
immediately be sworn into office. Barring legal challenge, the
latest an inauguration could happen is Nov. 16.
Governor has control over 1,100 appointments to top state jobs
including the 13 Cabinet members, dozens of department heads, and
hundreds of deputies and top state executives.
State law requires that governor submit a balanced budget
proposal to the Legislature by Jan. 10.
Source: California secretary of state and governor's offices.
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