SLO County Clerk-Recorder's Office prepares for recall election despite missing a key team member Gregg Newton/AFP/Getty Images Santa Barbara County is calling for volunteer poll workers for the Sept. 14 recall election. and last updated 2021-07-24 01:22:22-04 The first gubernatorial recall election in California since 2003 will take place in just a few weeks from now. Tommy Gong worked his last day as the County Clerk-Recorder for San Luis Obispo County on July 2. His position has not been filled and the recall election is just weeks away. Workers at the County Clerk-Recorder's Office tell us they are working overtime and doing everything they can to prepare.