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Proposition 6G

California Statewide • 1980 •  Legislative Referendum 

Passed

Result: 57.5% yes, 42.5% no

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This ballot measure reduced the number of jurors required for civil cases in California courts from 12 to 8. The change applied to civil litigation but did not affect criminal cases, which continued to require 12-person juries.

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