SECTIONS 18670-18671 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 18670-18671

18670. Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who, either as
principal or agent, files in the office of the Secretary of State,
county elections official, or in the office of any other officer
designated by law to receive the filing, a petition or any section of
a petition relating to the Constitution or the laws of this state,
authorized by the Constitution or laws of this state regulating the
statewide initiative or referendum, with the intention of thereby
defeating that initiative or referendum measure that is embraced in
the petition. Nothing in this section applies to any person who, in
good faith, files a petition embracing an initiative or referendum
measure that conflicts with a similar measure already on file.

18671. 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.