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Section 18640, California Elections Code: Refusal to turn in petitions

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Section 18640 of the California Elections Code that is part of the laws governing the initiative process in California says:

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Any person working for the proponent or proponents of an initiative or referendum measure or recall petition who solicits signatures to qualify the measure or petition and accepts any payment therefore and who fails to surrender the measure or petition to the proponents thereof for filing is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

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California Elections Code, Section 18640

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