DIVISION 13. BALLOTS, SAMPLE BALLOTS, AND VOTER PAMPHLETS 13000-13502›CHAPTER 2. Forms of Ballots: Ballot Order 13100-13121

§ 13117

California Elections Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Commencing with the November 3, 1998, general election, all state measures in all elections at which state measures are submitted to a vote of the voters shall be numbered in a continuous sequence, commencing with the number “1” and continuing in numerical sequence for a period of 10 years from the year of commencement.

(b) At the completion of a 10-year cycle, the numbering sequence shall recommence with the number “1” at the next election at which state measures are submitted to a vote of the voters.

(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 58, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)

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