California · Elections Code

ELEC §18650: No one shall knowingly or willfully permit the list of signatures on an initiative, referendum, or recall petition to be used for any purpose other than qualification of the initiative or referendum m

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is illegal to knowingly or willfully use signature lists from initiative, referendum, or recall petitions for purposes other than ballot qualification. Violation is a misdemeanor.

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No one shall knowingly or willfully permit the list of signatures on an initiative, referendum, or recall petition to be used for any purpose other than qualification of the initiative or referendum measure or recall question for the ballot, except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 7924.100) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of Division 10 of Title 1 of the Government Code. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.

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