{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18671","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18671","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","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.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b6e68363751ba2180f84d1cbc215569910b0a79d690f94269492d807e644355a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18670","next":"us-ca/elec-18680"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}