Get Gavin Newsom Outta Here

At issue were the ballots, which back in 2003 had two questions on them: first, did you want to recall Governor Gray Davis; and second, regardless of whether you did or not, which of the 135 candidates vying to take his job did you like best? In accordance with California law, the high volume of names couldn’t just be listed in alphabetical order. That would have made too much sense. So instead California devised a new alphabet by (I’m not making this up) having a state official blindly draw letters out of a can.