California Code
DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 3 - Semifinal Official Canvass

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 15150. - 15150. For every election, the elections official shall conduct a...

Section 15151. - 15151. (a) The elections official shall transmit the semifinal official...

Section 15152. - 15152. Neither the elections official, any member of a precinct...

Section 15153. - 15153. During the semifinal official canvass, write-in votes shall be...

Section 15154. - 15154. (a) Any ballot that is not marked as provided...

ARTICLE 2 - Automated Count in a Central Location

Section 15200. - 15200. If paper ballots are used in conjunction with this...

Section 15201. - 15201. (a) As soon as the polls are closed, the...

Section 15202. - 15202. If the ballots are to be counted at a...

Section 15203. - 15203. The vote tabulating device may be located at any...

Section 15204. - 15204. All proceedings at the central counting place, or counting...

Section 15205. - 15205. (a) A person may be employed to count, tally,...

Section 15206. - 15206. The elections official or any deputy authorized by the...

Section 15207. - 15207. The elections official or authorized deputy shall segregate the...

Section 15208. - 15208. (a) Each container of ballots shall be opened and...

Section 15209. - 15209. Any magnetic or electronic storage medium used for the...

Section 15210. - 15210. In preparing the voted ballots for processing, any ballot...

Section 15211. - 15211. If paper ballots are used for vote by mail...

Section 15212. - 15212. If voting at all precincts within a county is...

Section 15213. - 15213. In case of an emergency in which it becomes...

ARTICLE 3 - Automated Vote Count in Precincts

Section 15250. - 15250. This article applies to all elections in which votes...

Section 15250.5. - 15250.5. (a) As soon as the polls are closed on...

Section 15251. - 15251. Upon receipt of the result of votes cast from...

ARTICLE 4 - Establishing Election Return Centers and Multiple Counting Centers

Section 15260. - 15260. (a) The elections official of the jurisdiction shall establish...

Section 15261. - 15261. The elections official may establish one or more centers...

ARTICLE 5 - Manual Vote Count in the Precinct

Section 15270. - 15270. This article applies to all elections in which ballots...

Section 15271. - 15271. As soon as the polls are finally closed, the...

Section 15272. - 15272. The count shall be public and shall be continued...

Section 15273. - 15273. Unless otherwise provided in this code, the precinct board...

Section 15274. - 15274. The members of the precinct board may relieve each...

Section 15275. - 15275. Those ballots not rejected shall be placed in one...

Section 15276. - 15276. The precinct board members shall ascertain the number of...

Section 15277. - 15277. (a) Two of the precinct board members shall each...

Section 15278. - 15278. On completion of the canvass of the returns for...

Section 15278.5. - 15278.5. No precinct board member may make any tally of...

Section 15279. - 15279. The ballots, as soon as all of the names...

Section 15280. - 15280. The precinct board shall complete, sign, and return to...

Section 15281. - 15281. The precinct board shall sign and post conspicuously on...

ARTICLE 6 - Manual Vote Count in a Central Place

Section 15290. - 15290. Ballots that are to be counted manually in a...