AB 1188: Elections: statewide initiative and referendum petitions: disclosures.

The bill requires state initiative or referendum petitions to include a notice informing a person to sign only if they have reviewed the official top funders disclosure. Each section of the petition must include a space for signers to confirm that they have read the disclosure. The ballot label for a statewide measure must now include the names of the measure's supporters and opponents, followed by the 3 largest contributors to all committees formed in support of and opposition to the measure, and the address for the website identifying committees' top 10 contributors. The secretary of state must make a copy of the top contributors available for public examination prior to printing this information on ballots. Voters are authorized to seek a writ of mandate requiring the identified contributors to be amended or deleted. The bill applies to proposed statewide initiative or referendum mea…