Section 1a. Initiative and Referendum, Signatures Required

Initiative and Referendum, Signatures Required

Hereafter, the number of valid signatures of legal voters required upon a petition for an intitiative measure shall be equal to eight percentum of the number of voters registered and voting for the office of governor at the last preceding regual gubernatorial election. Hereafter, the number of valid signatures of legal voters required upon a petition for a referendum of an act of the legislature or any part thereof, shall be equal to four percentum of the number of voters registered and voting for the office of governor at the last preceding regular gubernatorial election. These provisions supersede the requirements specified in section 1 of this article as amended by the seventh amendment to the Constitution of this state.