Elec. Code, § 18671 · Article 8. Filing Petitions to Defeat an Initiative or Referendum
Elec. Code, § 18671
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Any petition, or any section of a petition, filed by any person other than the proponents of an initiative or referendum measure and with an intention of defeating an expression of the public will is null and void.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
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