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California’s Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, says an initiative that would again outlaw gay marriage in the state has qualified for the November ballot, according to the Associated Press.

Bowen says a random check of signatures submitted by the measure’s sponsors showed that they had gathered enough for it to be put to voters. The measure would amend the state constitution to define marriage as a union “between a man and a woman.”

It would overturn the recent California Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the state if it is approved by a majority of voters on Nov. 4. California public health officials already have amended marriage license applications and told local officials to start issuing them to same-sex couples on June 17.