State Initiative and Referendum

Requirements for petition: Number of voters proposing must be apportioned equally among petition districts and number of signatures required from each petition district must be equal.

Copy of petition and certain information to be filed with Secretary of State before presentation to voters for signatures and after any amendment

Withdrawal of petition.

Petition for initiative proposing amendment to Constitution: Secretary of State to use same number for identification of petition when submitted at successive elections.

Petition for referendum: Filing

Regulations specifying format of petition

Requirements for submission of signatures to county clerk.

Challenge to description of petition

Petition may consist of more than one document

County clerk required to make copies of petition and signatures