California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES

CHAPTER 1 - Preparation for Canvass

Section 15000. - 15000. No later than seven days prior to any election...

Section 15001. - 15001. (a) A copy of each election computer vote count...

Section 15002. - 15002. No later than January 1 of each even-numbered year,...

Section 15003. - 15003. Elections officials shall adopt semifinal official and official canvass...

Section 15004. - 15004. (a) Each qualified political party may employ, and may...

CHAPTER 2 - Vote by Mail Ballot Processing

Section 15100. - 15100. The provisions of this chapter apply to the processing...

Section 15101. - 15101. (a) Any jurisdiction in which vote by mail ballots...

Section 15102. - 15102. The official shall appoint a special counting board or...

Section 15103. - 15103. The elections official shall pay a reasonable compensation to...

Section 15104. - 15104. (a) The processing of vote by mail ballot return...

Section 15105. - 15105. Challenges to a vote by mail voter may be...

Section 15106. - 15106. Except as otherwise provided, the processing of vote by...

Section 15107. - 15107. If a challenge is overruled, the board shall open...

Section 15108. - 15108. If a challenge is allowed, the board shall endorse...

Section 15109. - 15109. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the counting...

Section 15110. - 15110. Reports to the Secretary of State of the findings...

Section 15111. - 15111. The elections official shall keep an accurate list of...

Section 15112. - 15112. When elections are consolidated pursuant to Division 10 (commencing...

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...

CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 15300. - 15300. This chapter applies to all elections. (Repealed and added...

Section 15301. - 15301. The canvass shall commence no later than the Thursday...

Section 15302. - 15302. The official canvass shall include, but not be limited...

Section 15303. - 15303. If the returns from any precinct are incomplete, ambiguous,...

Section 15304. - 15304. In jurisdictions using a central counting place, the elections...

Section 15305. - 15305. (a) For purposes of this section, “unprocessed ballot” means...

ARTICLE 2 - Processing Vote by Mail Ballots and Mail Ballot Precinct Ballots

Section 15320. - 15320. Vote by mail ballots and mail ballot precinct ballots...

Section 15321. - 15321. For any statewide election or special election to fill...

ARTICLE 3 - Processing Write-In Votes

Section 15340. - 15340. Except for a voter-nominated office at a general election,...

Section 15341. - 15341. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no name written...

Section 15342. - 15342. Any name written upon a ballot for a qualified...

Section 15342.5. - 15342.5. In the event of a manual recount conducted pursuant...

ARTICLE 4 - Processing and Counting Provisional Ballots

Section 15350. - 15350. Provisional ballots cast pursuant to Section 14310 shall be...

ARTICLE 5 - One Percent Manual Tally

Section 15360. - 15360. (a) During the official canvass of every election in...

ARTICLE 6 - Ballot Security and Reporting of Results

Section 15370. - 15370. After ballots are counted and sealed, the elections official...

Section 15371. - 15371. Upon completion of the count, the elections official shall...

Section 15372. - 15372. (a) The elections official shall prepare a certified statement...

Section 15373. - 15373. When ballots are counted under this article, the result...

Section 15374. - 15374. (a) The statement of the result shall show all...

Section 15375. - 15375. The elections official shall send to the Secretary of...

Section 15376. - 15376. The elections official shall deliver a duplicate of the...

Section 15377. - 15377. (a) The elections official shall identify and provide to...

CHAPTER 5 - Announcement of Results

Section 15400. - 15400. The governing body shall declare elected or nominated to...

Section 15401. - 15401. The elections official shall make out and deliver to...

Section 15402. - 15402. (a) Whenever a candidate whose name appears upon the...

CHAPTER 6 - Determination of Elected or Nominated Candidates

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 15450. - 15450. A plurality of the votes given at any election...

Section 15451. - 15451. The nominees for a voter-nominated office shall be determined...

Section 15452. - 15452. The person who receives a plurality of the votes...

ARTICLE 2 - Democratic Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate

Section 15460. - 15460. In each county the number of candidates for membership...

ARTICLE 3 - Republican Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate

Section 15470. - 15470. In each county the number of candidates for membership...

ARTICLE 4 - American Independent Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate

Section 15480. - 15480. In each county the number of candidates for membership...

ARTICLE 5 - Peace and Freedom Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate

Section 15490. - 15490. In each county the number of candidates for member...

CHAPTER 7 - Duties of the Secretary of State

Section 15500. - 15500. The Secretary of State, commencing with the first results...

Section 15501. - 15501. (a) Except as to presidential electors, the Secretary of...

Section 15502. - 15502. Within 120 days of the filing of the statement...

Section 15503. - 15503. On the 38th day after the election, or as...

Section 15504. - 15504. The Secretary of State shall make out and deliver,...

Section 15505. - 15505. No later than the 32nd day following the election,...

CHAPTER 8 - Disposition of Ballots and Supplies by the Elections Official

Section 15550. - 15550. The records and supplies of any election when received...

Section 15551. - 15551. If a contest or any such criminal prosecution has...

CHAPTER 9 - Recount

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 15600. - 15600. Except as provided in this chapter, this chapter applies...

Section 15601. - 15601. (a) The Secretary of State, within the Secretary of...

ARTICLE 2 - Elections Official-Ordered Recounts

Section 15610. - 15610. If no election contest is pending wherein a recount...

ARTICLE 3 - Voter-Requested Recounts

Section 15620. - 15620. (a) Following completion of the official canvass, any voter...

Section 15621. - 15621. (a) Following completion of the official canvass any voter...

Section 15621.5. - 15621.5. If more than one voter requests a recount of...

Section 15622. - 15622. The request may specify the order in which the...

Section 15623. - 15623. Any time during the conduct of a recount and...

Section 15624. - 15624. The voter or the campaign committee, as defined in...

Section 15625. - 15625. The recount shall be conducted under the supervision of...

Section 15626. - 15626. The recount shall be commenced not more than seven...

Section 15627. - 15627. (a) If the votes subject to recount were cast...

Section 15628. - 15628. Not less than one day prior to commencement of...

Section 15629. - 15629. The recount shall be conducted publicly. (Enacted by Stats....

Section 15630. - 15630. All ballots, whether voted or not, and any other...

Section 15631. - 15631. On recount, ballots may be challenged for incompleteness, ambiguity,...

Section 15632. - 15632. In lieu of the returns as reported in the...

Section 15633. - 15633. A copy of the results of any recount conducted...

Section 15634. - 15634. This chapter does not: (a) Authorize the opening or...

ARTICLE 4 - Court-Ordered Recounts

Section 15640. - 15640. (a) When requested by the board of supervisors or...

Section 15641. - 15641. Section 15001 shall apply unless a court orders the...

Section 15642. - 15642. Any tape, diskette, cartridge, or other magnetic or electronic...

ARTICLE 5 - State-Funded Recounts

Section 15645. - 15645. (a) (1) Within five days after the Secretary of...

Section 15646. - 15646. (a) Upon the Governor or Secretary of State ordering...

Section 15647. - 15647. All the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section...

Section 15648. - 15648. The Secretary of State may adopt, amend, and repeal...

Section 15649. - 15649. A county elections official shall only be required to...

CHAPTER 10 - Tie Votes

ARTICLE 1 - Elections Other than Primary Elections

Section 15650. - 15650. This article does not apply to any primary election....

Section 15651. - 15651. (a) If at any election, except as provided in...

Section 15652. - 15652. If the tie vote has been determined pursuant to...

Section 15653. - 15653. When two or more persons have an equal and...

Section 15654. - 15654. In case any two or more persons have an...

ARTICLE 2 - At Primary Elections

Section 15670. - 15670. This article applies only to: (a) Candidates for delegates...

Section 15671. - 15671. In case of a tie vote for member of...

Section 15672. - 15672. In the case of a tie vote for an...

Section 15673. - 15673. The summons mentioned in this article shall in every...

CHAPTER 11 - Extension of Deadlines

Section 15700. - 15700. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 15701. - 15701. If a postelection deadline imposed by this code prevents...

Section 15702. - 15702. For purposes of Section 2.5 of Article II of...