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DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS 18000-18700›CHAPTER 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall 18600-18680›ARTICLE 2. False or Ineligible Signatures on Petition 18610-18614

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

Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly signs his or her own name more than once to any initiative, referendum, or recall petition, or signs his or her name to that petition knowing himself or herself at the time of signing not to be qualified to sign it.

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

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