California: Signatures validated against Orange County School Board members -- election to be held March 5

The recall effort against Orange Unified School Board Members Madison Klovstad Miner (who helped flip majority control of the board) and Rick Ledesma has gotten to the ballot. The recall is over the firing of the school superintendent with no explanation. 

Petitioners needed 13,046 signatures to get on the ballot. They claim to have handed in more than 18,000. They handed in 15016 valids for Ledesma and 14736 for Miner. The election will likely be held on March 5. 

The school board members are part of a conservative 4-3 majority and the firing was over complaints about policies to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and critical race theory.