CHAPTER 1. State Elections [9000. - 9096.]

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 9000–9096 · 68 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Initiative and Referendum Petitions §§ 9000–9018 · 19 sections

   • § 9000 This article applies only to initiative and referendum measures affecting the Constitution or laws of the state.
   • § 9001 (a) Before the circulation of an initiative or referendum petition for signatures, the text of the proposed measure shall be submitted to the Attorney General…
   • § 9002 (a) Upon receipt of a request from the proponents of a proposed initiative measure for a circulating title and summary, the Attorney General shall initiate a…
   • § 9003 In the event that the Attorney General is a proponent of a proposed measure, the circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed…
   • § 9004 (a) Upon receipt of the text of a proposed initiative measure, and after the public review period provided for in Section 9002, the Attorney General shall…
   • § 9005 (a) The Attorney General, in preparing a circulating title and summary for a proposed initiative measure, shall, in boldface print, include in the circulating…
   • § 9006 (a) Upon receipt of the text of a proposed referendum, the Attorney General shall prepare a circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of…
   • § 9007 Immediately upon the preparation of the circulating title and summary of a proposed initiative or referendum measure, the Attorney General shall forthwith…
   • § 9008 Every proposed initiative measure, prior to circulation, shall have placed across the top of the petition in 11-point or larger roman type, all of the…
   • § 9009 The heading of an initiative petition shall be in substantially the following form: Initiative Measure to Be Submitted Directly to the Voters The Attorney…
   • § 9010 Across the top of each page of a referendum petition, there shall be printed in 12-point boldface type the following: “Referendum Against an Act Passed by the…
   • § 9011 Across the top of each page after the first page of every referendum petition or section of a referendum petition, which is prepared and circulated, there…
   • § 9012 Any petition for a proposed initiative measure or referendum may be presented in sections, but each section shall contain a full and correct copy of the…
   • § 9013 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…
   • § 9014 (a) A petition for a proposed initiative or referendum measure shall not be circulated for signatures prior to the official summary date. (b) Subject to…
   • § 9015 Officers required by law to receive or file in their offices any initiative or referendum petition shall not receive or file any initiative or referendum…
   • § 9016 (a) Notwithstanding Section 324, for purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 8 of, and subdivision (c) of Section 9 of, Article II of the California…
   • § 9017 If, for any reason, any initiative or referendum measure proposed by petition as provided by this article is not submitted to the voters at the next succeeding…
   • § 9018 The Secretary of State shall prepare and provide to any person, upon request, a pamphlet describing the procedures and requirements for preparing and…
2. ARTICLE 2. Petition Signatures §§ 9020–9022 · 3 sections

   • § 9020 (a) The petition sections shall be designed so that each signer shall personally affix all of the following: (1) The signer’s signature. (2) The signer’s…
   • § 9021 (a) A person who meets the requirements of Section 102 may circulate a statewide initiative or referendum petition anywhere within the state. Each section of…
   • § 9022 (a) Each section shall have attached thereto the declaration of the person soliciting the signatures setting forth the information required by Section 104. (b)…
3. ARTICLE 3. Filing Petitions §§ 9030–9035 · 6 sections

   • § 9030 (a) Each section of the petition shall be filed with the elections official of the county or city and county for which it was circulated, but all sections…
   • § 9031 (a) If the statistical sampling shows that the number of valid signatures is within 95 to 110 percent of the number of signatures of qualified voters needed to…
   • § 9032 The right to file the petition shall be reserved to its proponents, and any section thereof presented for filing by any person or persons other than the…
   • § 9033 (a) When the Secretary of State has received from one or more elections officials or registrars a petition, certified to have been signed by the requisite…
   • § 9034 (a) The proponents of a proposed initiative measure shall submit a certification, signed under penalty of perjury, to the Secretary of State immediately upon…
   • § 9035 An initiative measure may be proposed by presenting to the Secretary of State a petition that sets forth the text of the proposed statute or amendment to the…
4. ARTICLE 4. Measures Proposed by the Legislature §§ 9040–9044 · 5 sections

   • § 9040 (a) Every constitutional amendment, bond measure, or other legislative measure submitted to the people by the Legislature shall appear on the ballot of the…
   • § 9041 Whenever the Legislature submits any measure to the voters of the state, the author of the measure and no more than two persons appointed by the author may…
   • § 9042 If a measure submitted to the voters by the Legislature was not adopted unanimously, one Member of the Senate who voted against it shall be appointed by the…
   • § 9043 Arguments prepared by legislators and their appointees shall be submitted to the Secretary of State no later than a date to be designated by the Secretary of…
   • § 9044 If an argument for or an argument against a measure submitted to the voters by the Legislature has not been filed by a Member of the Legislature, any voter may…
5. ARTICLE 5. Ballot Titles §§ 9050–9054 · 4 sections

   • § 9050 (a) After the Secretary of State determines that a measure will appear on the ballot at the next statewide election, the Secretary of State shall promptly…
   • § 9051 (a) (1) The ballot title and summary may differ from the legislative, circulating, or other title and summary of the measure and shall not exceed 100 words,…
   • § 9053 Each measure shall be designated on the ballot by the ballot label certified by the Secretary of State.
   • § 9054 (a) Whenever a city, county, or city and county is required by Section 203 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 10503) or Section 4(f)(4) (52 U.S.C. Sec. 10303(f)(4)) of the…
6. ARTICLE 6. Arguments Concerning Measures Submitted to Voters §§ 9060–9069 · 9 sections

   • § 9060 In case either the argument for or the argument against any measure placed on the ballot is not prepared and filed, the Secretary of State shall, by a general…
   • § 9061 The press release shall be mailed at least 120 days prior to the date of the election at which a measure is to be voted upon.
   • § 9062 The press release shall consist of an announcement containing: (a) A summary of the essential nature or purpose of the measure for or against which no argument…
   • § 9063 The summary of a measure given in the press release shall be the official circulating title and summary that has been prepared by the Attorney General. The…
   • § 9064 Any voter or group of voters may, at any time within the time limit, prepare and file with the Secretary of State an argument for or against any measure as to…
   • § 9065 A ballot argument shall not be accepted under this article unless accompanied by all of the following: (a) The name, business or home address, and telephone…
   • § 9067 (a) If more than one argument for, or more than one argument against, a measure is filed within the time prescribed, the Secretary of State shall select one of…
   • § 9068 (a) No more than three signatures shall appear with an argument printed in the state voter information guide. In case an argument is signed by more than three…
   • § 9069 When the Secretary of State has received the arguments that will be printed in the state voter information guide, the Secretary of State, within five days of…
7. ARTICLE 7. State Voter Information Guide §§ 9080–9096 · 22 sections

   • § 9080 The provisions of Sections 9084 to 9093, inclusive, are a restatement of, and shall be construed in conformity with, Sections 88001 to 88007, inclusive, of the…
   • § 9081 There shall be a state voter information guide, that the Secretary of State shall prepare.
   • § 9082 The Secretary of State shall cause to be printed as many state voter information guides as needed to comply with this code. The state voter information guides…
   • § 9082.5 The Secretary of State shall cause to be produced an audio recorded version of the state voter information guide. This audio recorded version shall be made…
   • § 9082.7 (a) The Secretary of State shall make available the complete state voter information guide over the Internet. The online version of the state voter information…
   • § 9083 If the ballot contains a question as to the confirmation of a justice of the Supreme Court or a court of appeal, the Secretary of State shall include in the…
   • § 9083.5 (a) If a candidate for nomination or election to a partisan office will appear on the ballot, the Secretary of State shall include in the state voter…
   • § 9084 The state voter information guide shall contain all of the following: (a) A complete copy of each state measure. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2),…
   • § 9085 (a) The state voter information guide shall also contain a section, located near the front of the guide, that provides a concise summary of the general meaning…
   • § 9086 The state voter information guide shall contain as to each state measure to be voted upon, the following, in the order set forth in this section: (a) (1) Upon…
   • § 9087 (a) The Legislative Analyst shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure describing the measure and including a fiscal analysis of the measure showing…
   • § 9088 (a) At each statewide election at which state bond measures will be submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection, the state voter information guide…
   • § 9088.5 For any statewide election that is held less than one year before the federal decennial census, the state voter information guide shall contain information…
   • § 9089 Measures shall be printed in the state voter information guide, so far as possible, in the same order, manner and form in which they are designated upon the…
   • § 9090 The state voter information guide shall be printed according to the following specifications: (a) The guide shall be printed in clear readable type, no less…
   • § 9091 The Legislative Counsel shall prepare and proofread the texts of all measures and the provisions which are repealed or revised.
   • § 9092 Not less than 20 days before he or she submits the copy for the state voter information guide to the State Printer, the Secretary of State shall make the copy…
   • § 9093 Notwithstanding Section 81012 of the Government Code, the Legislature may without restriction amend this article to add to the state voter information guide…
   • § 9094 (a) The Secretary of State shall mail state voter information guides to voters before the election at which measures contained in the state voter information…
   • § 9094.5 (a) The Secretary of State shall establish processes to enable a voter to do both of the following: (1) Opt out of receiving by mail the state voter…
   • § 9095 Any costs incurred by a county for mailing the state voter information guides pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 9094 shall be…
   • § 9096 (a) As soon as copies of the state voter information guide and copies of the full text of all measures described in subdivision (f) of Section 9086 are…