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Cost To File Ballot Measure in California Jumps From $200 To $8,000 Following Kill All Gays Initiative

SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) -- It could cost a lot more to file a ballot measure in California.

The assembly just passed a bill raising the filing fee from $200 to $8,000.

The increase is designed to discourage outlandish ballot measures in a response to an initiative that would authorize the killing of gays and lesbians.

Read more about some of the ballot initiatives awaiting approval here, including one proposing a ban on the CBS show "The Big Bang Theory."

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