A flavor ban passed in California but the citizens might have a chance at undoing it.
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The following timeline exists for the ballot referendum:
- Aug. 31, 2020 – Proposed referendum filed with Secretary of State.
- Sept. 10, 2020 – Deadline for Attorney General to prepare ballot title and summary. As soon as title and summary is completed, proponents may begin collecting signatures.
- Nov. 26, 2020 – Deadline to submit signatures to county elections offices.
- Dec. 8, 2020 (tentative) – After signatures are submitted, county elections offices have 8 working days to determine if the raw count of signatures meets the required threshold.
- Dec. 31, 2020 (tentative) – After signatures are submitted, county elections offices have 30 working days to verify the signatures if the raw count threshold was met.
- Jan. 1, 2021 – SB 793 takes effect on this date if the referendum does not qualify for the ballot.
- Nov. 8, 2022 – If the SB 793 referendum qualifies, it will be placed on the ballot at the November 2022 General Statewide Election.
- Dec. 8, 2022 – The General Election vote is certified. If the referendum succeeds, SB 793 will be repealed on this date. If the referendum fails, SB 793 will take effect on this date.
In order to qualify for the ballot, the referendum will need to get 5 percent of the total number of votes cast in the last gubernatorial election, which equates to needing 623,212 signatures to qualify.
If it qualifies for the ballot, the law would be suspended until Nov. 8, 2022 and the matter would be left up to the voters.