Section 11024 - Effect of statement and answer(a) The statement and answer are intended solely for the information of the voters. No insufficiency in form or substance thereof shall affect the validity of the election proceedings.(b) This section shall not be deemed to make the statement and answer, or the authors of the statement or answer, free or exempt from any civil or criminal action or penalty because of any false, slanderous, or libelous material included in the statement or answer.Amended by Stats 2022 ch 791 (AB 2584),s 3, eff. 1/1/2023.Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.