Section 9162 Of Article 3. Arguments Concerning County Measures From California Elections Code >> Division 9. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
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. (a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the
board, or any individual voter who is eligible to vote on the
measure, or bona fide association of citizens, or any combination of
these voters and associations may file a written argument for or
against any county measure. No argument shall exceed 300 words in
length. The county elections official shall cause an argument for and
an argument against the measure, and the analysis of the measure, to
be printed, and shall enclose a copy of both arguments preceded by
the analysis with each sample ballot. The printed arguments and the
analysis are "official matter" within the meaning of Section 13303.
(b) The following statement shall be printed on the front cover,
or if none, on the heading of the first page, of the printed
arguments:
"Arguments in support of or in opposition to the proposed laws are
the opinions of the authors."
(c) Printed arguments submitted to voters in accordance with this
section shall be titled either "Argument In Favor Of Measure ____" or
"Argument Against Measure ____," accordingly, the blank spaces being
filled in only with the letter or number, if any, which designates
the measure. At the discretion of the county elections official, the
word "Proposition" may be substituted for the word "Measure" in the
titles. Words used in the title shall not be counted when determining
the length of any argument.