Assembly v. Deukmejian

Opinion

BIRD, C. J.

These consolidated mandate proceedings raise difficult questions concerning referenda challenges to the 1981 Congressional, Senate and Assembly reapportionment statutes passed by a majority of the Legislature and signed by the Governor. (Stats. 1981, chs. 535, 536, 537.)(1) Are the referendum petitions defective because, in violation of Elections Code section 3516, subdivision (c), they required the signer to use his or her “address as registered to vote” rather than “residence address,” thereby making it impossible for election officials to determine if the signers were…