California Code
DIVISION 9 - MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS
CHAPTER 1 - State Elections

ARTICLE 1 - Initiative and Referendum Petitions

Section 9000. - 9000. This article applies only to initiative and referendum measures...

Section 9001. - 9001. (a) Before the circulation of an initiative or referendum...

Section 9002. - 9002. (a) Upon receipt of a request from the proponents...

Section 9003. - 9003. In the event that the Attorney General is a...

Section 9004. - 9004. (a) Upon receipt of the text of a proposed...

Section 9005. - 9005. (a) The Attorney General, in preparing a circulating title...

Section 9006. - 9006. (a) Upon receipt of the text of a proposed...

Section 9007. - 9007. Immediately upon the preparation of the circulating title and...

Section 9008. - 9008. Every proposed initiative measure, prior to circulation, shall have...

Section 9009. - 9009. The heading of an initiative petition shall be in...

Section 9010. - 9010. Across the top of each page of a referendum...

Section 9011. - 9011. Across the top of each page after the first...

Section 9012. - 9012. Any petition for a proposed initiative measure or referendum...

Section 9013. - 9013. A space at least one inch wide shall be...

Section 9014. - 9014. (a) A petition for a proposed initiative or referendum...

Section 9015. - 9015. Officers required by law to receive or file in...

Section 9016. - 9016. (a) Notwithstanding Section 324, for purposes of subdivision (c)...

Section 9017. - 9017. If, for any reason, any initiative or referendum measure...

Section 9018. - 9018. The Secretary of State shall prepare and provide to...

ARTICLE 2 - Petition Signatures

Section 9020. - 9020. (a) The petition sections shall be designed so that...

Section 9021. - 9021. (a) A person who meets the requirements of Section...

Section 9022. - 9022. (a) Each section shall have attached thereto the declaration...

ARTICLE 3 - Filing Petitions

Section 9030. - 9030. (a) Each section of the petition shall be filed...

Section 9031. - 9031. (a) If the statistical sampling shows that the number...

Section 9032. - 9032. The right to file the petition shall be reserved...

Section 9033. - 9033. (a) When the Secretary of State has received from...

Section 9034. - 9034. (a) The proponents of a proposed initiative measure shall...

Section 9035. - 9035. An initiative measure may be proposed by presenting to...

ARTICLE 4 - Measures Proposed by the Legislature

Section 9040. - 9040. Every constitutional amendment, bond measure, or other legislative measure...

Section 9041. - 9041. Whenever the Legislature submits any measure to the voters...

Section 9042. - 9042. If a measure submitted to the voters by the...

Section 9043. - 9043. Arguments prepared by legislators and their appointees shall be...

Section 9044. - 9044. If an argument for or an argument against a...

ARTICLE 5 - Ballot Titles

Section 9050. - 9050. (a) After the Secretary of State determines that a...

Section 9051. - 9051. (a) (1) The ballot title and summary may differ...

Section 9053. - 9053. Each measure shall be designated on the ballot by...

Section 9054. - 9054. (a) Whenever a city, county, or city and county...

ARTICLE 6 - Arguments Concerning Measures Submitted to Voters

Section 9060. - 9060. In case either the argument for or the argument...

Section 9061. - 9061. The press release shall be mailed at least 120...

Section 9062. - 9062. The press release shall consist of an announcement containing:...

Section 9063. - 9063. The summary of a measure given in the press...

Section 9064. - 9064. Any voter or group of voters may, at any...

Section 9065. - 9065. A ballot argument shall not be accepted under this...

Section 9067. - 9067. (a) If more than one argument for, or more...

Section 9068. - 9068. (a) No more than three signatures shall appear with...

Section 9069. - 9069. When the Secretary of State has received the arguments...

ARTICLE 7 - State Voter Information Guide

Section 9080. - 9080. The provisions of Sections 9084 to 9093, inclusive, are...

Section 9081. - 9081. There shall be a state voter information guide, that...

Section 9082. - 9082. The Secretary of State shall cause to be printed...

Section 9082.5. - 9082.5. The Secretary of State shall cause to be produced...

Section 9082.7. - 9082.7. (a) The Secretary of State shall make available the...

Section 9083. - 9083. If the ballot contains a question as to the...

Section 9083.5. - 9083.5. (a) If a candidate for nomination or election to...

Section 9084. - 9084. The state voter information guide shall contain all of...

Section 9085. - 9085. (a) The state voter information guide shall also contain...

Section 9086. - 9086. The state voter information guide shall contain as to...

Section 9087. - 9087. (a) The Legislative Analyst shall prepare an impartial analysis...

Section 9088. - 9088. (a) At each statewide election at which state bond...

Section 9088.5. - 9088.5. For any statewide election that is held less than...

Section 9089. - 9089. Measures shall be printed in the state voter information...

Section 9090. - 9090. The state voter information guide shall be printed according...

Section 9091. - 9091. The Legislative Counsel shall prepare and proofread the texts...

Section 9092. - 9092. Not less than 20 days before he or she...

Section 9093. - 9093. Notwithstanding Section 81012 of the Government Code, the Legislature...

Section 9094. - 9094. (a) The Secretary of State shall mail state voter...

Section 9094.5. - 9094.5. (a) The Secretary of State shall establish processes to...

Section 9095. - 9095. Any costs incurred by a county for mailing the...

Section 9096. - 9096. (a) As soon as copies of the state voter...