Jesse Jackson to oppose Davis recall, Prop. 54
August 11, 2003
The Mercury News
by Katherine Corcoran
Joining the legions of national figures weighing in on California's wild gubernatorial recall, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Sunday that his civil rights organization will work in the next two months on a “double no'' campaign to defeat both the recall and Proposition 54, which would ban the collection of racial data in California.
Jackson, who appeared at a backyard fundraiser in Oakland for the No on 54 campaign, said he would not comment on Gov. Gray Davis or any of the almost 200 candidates who have filed papers to replace him. Seeming to take a page from the Davis play book, he cast the recall not as a referendum on personalities or performance, but as an attempt by a small group of conservatives to thwart the democratic process.