DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS 18000-18700›CHAPTER 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall 18600-18680›ARTICLE 8. Filing Petitions to Defeat an Initiative or Referendum 18670-18671

§ 18671

California Elections Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.

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

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