Voters will decide in California’s Sept. 14 recall election whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will stay in office or be removed. There are just two questions on the ballot: Should Newsom be recalled from office? And, if he is recalled, who among the 46 candidates on the ballot should take his place? As the governor and those who hope to replace him make their cases, here’s what you need to know:

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When the deadlines are, how to track your ballot, where your closest voting center is, and more.

What’s on the ballot/How voting works?

For the second question, who can I write in?

How does the recall work?

What happens before election day

Where to vote in the election

How to vote by mail

The Times endorses selectively. Recommendation for this recall election includes information for both questions on the ballot.

Opinion

Los Angeles Times recommendation: No on Newsom recall, Faulconer on Question 2

Endorsement: The many reasons to vote no on recalling Gov. Gavin Newsom

Skelton: Larry Elder joining the recall race was the best thing that could’ve happened to Newsom

Shyong: Larry Elder and the danger of the ‘model minority’ candidate

Calmes: If it’s this hard for Newsom, how will Democrats face Trumpism in purple states?

Banks: I used to hate being dissed by Larry Elder. Now I consider it a badge of honor

Barabak: The national cavalry has come to help Newsom. But anti-recall effort is still mostly a California fight

Guerrero: The American myth that’s driving some Latinos to support the recall

Goldberg: You think California’s recall system is dangerous? Check out the initiative process

Arellano: Larry Elder is the most Latino candidate in California’s recall. It won’t help him

Hiltzik: The hallmark of a Larry Elder governorship might be impotence

Smith: Larry Elder is the Black face of white supremacy. You’ve been warned

Goldberg: Why I didn’t vote for any of the candidates in California’s joke of a recall election

Guerrero: How anti-California propaganda and racism are driving the recall

Smith: Win or lose, Larry Elder could bring about a new era of Black conservatism

Lopez: The recall circus has managed to ignore staggering crisis ripping apart California

Skelton: The math is simple — California Republicans probably won’t pull off Newsom recall

Smith: About that fantastical rhetoric from Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris

Barabak: Newsom recall effort underscores California’s status as a place apart

Skelton: Only election losers cry ‘voter fraud.’ Remember that during the California recall

Opinion: Does Larry Elder remind us of a certain ex-president?

Guerrero: If Larry Elder is elected, life will get harder for Black and Latino Californians

Arellano: Sorry, Democrats — Latino anger toward Republicans isn’t enough to save Newsom’s political hide

Abcarian: Why a lifelong Democrat and education reformer is supporting Larry Elder for governor

Calmes: If Newsom is recalled, the entire nation should worry, not just Californians

Column: Larry Elder joining the recall race was the best thing that could’ve happened to Newsom

Read more from our California Politics team.