23) was an amendment of the Constitution of California that introduced, for the first time, the recall of public officials.
This allows the governor, state senators and assemblymen, and other elected officials to be removed from office early by a public vote.
It was approved by voters in a referendum held as part of a special election on 10 October.
On the same day voters approved two other major political reforms, Proposition 4, which granted women the vote, and Proposition 7, which introduced the initiative and the optional referendum.
), Documents on the State-wide Initiative, Referendum & Recall (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912), 264-270.