{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"9013","citation":"Elec. Code, § 9013","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 9. MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS [9000. - 9611.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-9"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. State Elections [9000. - 9096.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-9/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Initiative and Referendum Petitions [9000. - 9018.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-9/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Repealed and added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 373, Sec. 21.   (AB 753)   Effective January 1, 2010.","effective":"2010-01-01","html":"<p> A space at least one inch wide shall be left blank across the top of each page of every initiative and referendum petition and after the name of each voter who has signed the petition for the use of the county elections official in verifying the petition. </p>","text":"A space at least one inch wide shall be left blank across the top of each page of every initiative and referendum petition and after the name of each voter who has signed the petition for the use of the county elections official in verifying the petition.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/initiative-and-referendum-petitions-9013","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}