New California Law Seeks to Empower Voters by Clarifying Language on State Ballot Referendums

People count California recall ballot votes at a Los Angeles Registrar site at the Los Angeles Fair Grounds in Pomona, Calif., on Aug. 31, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A bill seeking to clarify language for voters on state initiative and referendum ballot measures was signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom Sept. 1 and took effect immediately.

Assembly Bill 421, authored by Assemblyman Isaac Bryan (D-Culver City), is designed to make such ballot measures easier to understand—by posing the titles and summaries in the form of a question—and to disclose the largest funders of petitions.