**Proposition 5**, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on the November 2026 ballot, would eliminate the successor contest in state officer recall elections, converting them to a simple yes-or-no vote while filling vacancies through existing succession rules or special elections and permitting recalled officials to seek the seat again. Trader consensus favoring rejection at 56.5% reflects the measure’s mixed institutional backing—endorsed by Secretary of State Shirley Weber, the League of Women Voters, and California Common Cause, yet opposed by Election Integrity Project California—combined with an unusually high volume of recall activity in 2026, including data-center disputes and contentious local outcomes such as the Avenal city council case resolved by court order in August. These factors appear to sustain sentiment that voters may favor preserving the current dual-question process on a crowded ballot.