2021 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2 - Petitions and Petition Signers
Section 101.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a state or local initiative petition required to be signed by voters shall contain in 11-point type, before that portion of the petition for voters’ signatures, printed names, and residence addresses, the following language, in order:
(1) “NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:”. This text shall be in a boldface font.
(2) If the petition does not include the disclosure statement described by subdivision (b) of Section 107, the text “YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEE AN “OFFICIAL TOP FUNDERS” SHEET.” This text shall be in a boldface font.
(3) “THIS PETITION MAY BE CIRCULATED BY A PAID SIGNATURE GATHERER OR A VOLUNTEER. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK.”
(b) A state initiative petition shall contain, in the same location and type size described in subdivision (a), the following language:
“THE PROPONENTS OF THIS PROPOSED INITIATIVE MEASURE HAVE THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW THIS PETITION AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE MEASURE QUALIFIES FOR THE BALLOT.”
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (SB 47) Effective January 1, 2020.)
