§ 101287 Supplemental Petition Deadline

Public Utilities Code·California

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This law says if not enough people signed a petition to change something in their district, they get 30 more days to collect more signatures.

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•If a petition doesn’t have enough signatures, you get 30 more days to add more.
•The new signatures are checked the same way as the first ones.
•This only applies to district-level petitions.

Example

A group wants to change school rules and collects signatures, but not enough people signed.

They get 30 extra days to find more people to sign their petition.

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§ 101287 Supplemental Petition Deadline

If the county elections official certifies that the percentage of registered voters signing the petition is less than that required by Section 101284, a supplemental petition may be presented to the secretary of the district within 30 days after the county elections official’s certification of the first petition. The supplemental petition shall thereupon be processed as provided in Sections 101284 and 101285. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 119. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

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county elections official supplemental petition secretary of the district Sections 101284 and 101285

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 101287.

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