{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"18671","citation":"Elec. Code, § 18671","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall [18600. - 18680.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18/chapter-7"},{"name":"ARTICLE 8. Filing Petitions to Defeat an Initiative or Referendum [18670. - 18671.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18/chapter-7/article-8"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/filing-petitions-to-defeat-an-initiative-or-referendum-18671","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}