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Elections Code § 8223

ARTICLE 2. Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution

Current as of September 28, 2026Elec. Code, § 8223Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

The petition shall be signed by 10 percent of the voters of the county, computed upon the total number of votes cast therein for all candidates for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and it shall pray for the adoption of the provisions as applicable to the judge of the superior court of the county. The petition shall be filed in the office of the county elections official.