Compare positions on Proposition D: Change Requirements For Placing A Referred Or Initiated Measure On The Ballot Initiative in San Francisco

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Proposition D: Change Requirements For Placing A Referred Or Initiated Measure On The Ballot Initiative

Initiative petitioners would need signatures from 8% of registered voters, instead of 2%, to place a measure on the ballot.

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Proposal impacts

Impact on Petitioning residents

An ordinary ballot petition would need signatures from 8% of registered voters.

An ordinary ballot petition today needs signatures from 2% of registered voters.

Impact on Petitioning union members

Special election petitions would need signatures from 10% of registered voters.

Special election petitions today need about 39,000 signatures, based on the last mayoral vote.

Impact on Business petition sponsors

Filed measure sponsors could jointly withdraw their proposal up to 102 days before election day.

Filed measure sponsors today cannot withdraw an initiative after submitting it.

Impact on city election workers

Petition reviews would use the higher signature threshold and include requests to withdraw submitted measures.

Petition reviews today check ordinary initiatives against the registered voter signature requirement, without a withdrawal process.