K.J. , the recall ballot will have two questions.

The first question , although I don't know the exact wording that it will be , will read something like ; Should Governor Grey Davis be recalled?

At that you punch "Yes" or "No".

The second question will read something like ;

If you answered "YES" to the first question than punch the name of the candidate that you chose to be governor or write in the name of your candidate.

If the collective total of votes to question one is "NO" by 51% then the collective total of the results of question two are irrelevant.

If the collective total of votes to question one is greater than 51% then the individual candidate with the majority of votes in question two is the governor.

Davis , thus far has not been able to sucessfully loby any court to get his name on to the question two portion of the ballot. He is still trying and the issue might go all the way to the supreme court.

There is no minimum number of percentage of the votes that has to be gained to be elected in this recall election. The individual with the most votes wins. Period. It is concievable that the next governor of the 5th largest economy in the world could be elected with less than 20% of the total votes cast.