Ijust learned the very sad news that Joshua Spivak, the country’s leading expert on recall elections, died suddenly this summer of a heart attack. He was generous with sharing his immense knowledge on recall elections, and a go-to source on every facet of them.

I learned of his death when I, as I have scores of times, referred a reporter asking a recall-related question to him. There’s no one else quite like him.

Condolences to his family and friends.

You can read a tribute to him here at the California Constitution Center and this deep remembrance from one of his bosses, Allan Ripp.

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