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2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 2 - Processing Vote by Mail Ballots and Mail Ballot Precinct Ballots › Section 15320.

15320. Vote by mail ballots and mail ballot precinct ballots returned to the elections office and to the polls on or before election day that are not included in the semifinal official canvass phase of the election, including any ballots returned to another jurisdiction in the state and forwarded to the elections official who issued the ballot pursuant to Section 3017, shall be processed and counted during the official canvass in the manner prescribed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15100) of Division 15, and pursuant to the requirements of Section 3019.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 77. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 2 - Processing Vote by Mail Ballots and Mail Ballot Precinct Ballots › Section 15321.

15321. For any statewide election or special election to fill a vacancy in a congressional or legislative office, votes cast by vote by mail ballot and votes cast at the polling place shall be tabulated by precinct.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 104. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 3 - Processing Write-In Votes › Section 15340.

15340. Except for a voter-nominated office at a general election, each voter is entitled to write on the ballot the name of any candidate for any public office, including that of President and Vice President of the United States.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 44. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 3 - Processing Write-In Votes › Section 15341.

15341. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no name written upon a ballot in any election shall be counted for an office or nomination unless the candidate whose name has been written on the ballot has complied with Part 3 (commencing with Section 8600) of Division 8.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 3 - Processing Write-In Votes › Section 15342.5.

15342.5. In the event of a manual recount conducted pursuant to Section 15610 or requested pursuant to Section 15620 or 15621, the process set forth in Section 15342 shall be liberally construed to ensure that each ballot is counted if the intent of the voter can be determined, regardless of whether the voter has complied with the voting instructions.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 189, Sec. 1. (AB 461) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 4 - Processing and Counting Provisional Ballots › Section 15350.

15350. Provisional ballots cast pursuant to Section 14310 shall be processed and counted in accordance with the provisions outlined in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15100) and pursuant to the requirements of Sections 14310 and 14311.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 906, Sec. 6. (AB 2530) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 6 - Ballot Security and Reporting of Results › Section 15370.

15370. After ballots are counted and sealed, the elections official may not open any ballots nor permit any ballots to be opened except as permitted in Sections 15303 and 15304, or in the event of a recount.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 6 - Ballot Security and Reporting of Results › Section 15371.

15371. Upon completion of the count, the elections official shall add to the results as so determined, the results of the write-in votes and any paper ballots used as certified by the precinct board, and thereupon shall declare the vote, and forthwith post one copy at the counting place for public inspection.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 6 - Ballot Security and Reporting of Results › Section 15372.

15372. (a) The elections official shall prepare a certified statement of the results of the election and submit it to the governing body within 30 days of the election or, in the case of school district, community college district, county board of education, or special district elections conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of odd-numbered years, no later than the last Monday before the last Friday of that month.
(b) The elections official shall post the certified statement of the results of the election on his or her Internet Web site in a downloadable spreadsheet format that may include, but is not limited to, a comma-separated values file or a tab-separated values file and that is compatible with a spreadsheet software application that is widely used at the time of the posting. The certified statement of the election results shall be posted and maintained on the elections official’s Internet Web site for a period of at least 10 years following the election. This subdivision shall apply only to an elections official who uses a computer system that has the capability of producing the election results in a downloadable spreadsheet format without requiring modification of the computer system.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 618, Sec. 5. (SB 29) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 6 - Ballot Security and Reporting of Results › Section 15373.

15373. When ballots are counted under this article, the result of the vote shall be shown by precinct.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 6 - Ballot Security and Reporting of Results › Section 15374.

15374. (a) The statement of the result shall show all of the following:
(1) The total number of ballots cast.
(2) The number of votes cast at each precinct for each candidate and for and against each measure.
(3) The total number of votes cast for each candidate and for and against each measure.
(b) The statement of the result shall also show the number of votes cast in each city, Assembly district, congressional district, senatorial district, State Board of Equalization district, and supervisorial district located in whole or in part in the county, for each candidate for the offices of presidential elector and all statewide offices, depending on the offices to be filled, and on each statewide ballot proposition.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 6 - Ballot Security and Reporting of Results › Section 15375.

15375. The elections official shall send to the Secretary of State within 31 days of the election in an electronic format in the manner requested one complete copy of all results as to all of the following:
(a) All candidates voted for statewide office.
(b) All candidates voted for the following offices:
(1) Member of the Assembly.
(2) Member of the Senate.
(3) Member of the United States House of Representatives.
(4) Member of the State Board of Equalization.
(5) Justice of the Court of Appeal.
(6) Judge of the superior court.
(c) All persons voted for at the presidential primary. The results for all persons voted for at the presidential primary for delegates to national conventions shall be canvassed and shall be sent within 28 days after the election.
(d) The vote given for persons for electors of President and Vice President of the United States. The results for presidential electors shall be endorsed “Presidential Election Returns” and shall be canvassed and sent within 28 days after the election.
(e) All statewide measures.
(f) The total number of ballots cast.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 149, Sec. 1. (AB 1490) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 6 - Ballot Security and Reporting of Results › Section 15376.

15376. The elections official shall deliver a duplicate of the certified statement of the result of votes cast to the chairperson of the county central committee of each party.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 4 - Official Canvass › ARTICLE 6 - Ballot Security and Reporting of Results › Section 15377.

15377. (a) The elections official shall identify and provide to the Secretary of State within 31 days of the election the number of vote by mail ballots rejected, categorized according to the reason for the rejection. The Secretary of State shall provide uniform vote by mail ballot rejection reason codes for each category of rejection to be used by elections officials for reporting under this section.
(b) Upon receipt of the information described in subdivision (a), the Secretary of State shall publish a report containing the information for every election, including local special elections, on the Secretary of State’s internet website.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 161, Sec. 30. (AB 2608) Effective August 22, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 5 - Announcement of Results › Section 15400.

15400. The governing body shall declare elected or nominated to each office voted on at each election under its jurisdiction the person having the highest number of votes for that office, or who was elected or nominated under the exceptions noted in Section 15452. The governing board shall also declare the results of each election under its jurisdiction as to each measure voted on at the election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 5 - Announcement of Results › Section 15401.

15401. The elections official shall make out and deliver to each person elected or nominated, as declared by the governing body, except those elected to a central committee, a certificate of election or nomination, signed and authenticated by the elections official.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 8, Sec. 15. (AB 1200) Effective March 8, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 5 - Announcement of Results › Section 15402.

15402. (a) Whenever a candidate whose name appears upon the ballot at any election for an office other than a voter-nominated office dies after the 68th day before the election, the votes cast for the deceased candidate shall be counted in determining the results of the election for the office for which the decedent was a candidate. If the deceased candidate receives a majority of the votes cast for the office, he or she shall be considered elected and the office to which he or she was elected shall be vacant at the beginning of the term for which he or she was elected. The vacancy thus created shall be filled in the same manner as if the candidate had died subsequent to taking office for that term.
(b) Whenever a candidate whose name appears on the ballot at any election for a voter-nominated office dies, the votes cast for the deceased candidate shall be counted in determining the results of the election for the office for which the decedent was a candidate. If the deceased candidate receives a majority of the votes cast for the office at the general election, he or she shall be considered elected and the office to which he or she was elected shall be vacant at the beginning of the term for which he or she was elected. The vacancy thus created shall be filled in the same manner as if the candidate had died subsequent to taking office for that term.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 45. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 6 - Determination of Elected or Nominated Candidates › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 15450.

15450. A plurality of the votes given at any election shall constitute a choice where not otherwise directed in the California Constitution, provided that it shall be competent in all charters of cities, counties, or cities and counties framed under the authority of the California Constitution to provide the manner in which their respective elective officers may be elected and to prescribe a higher proportion of the vote therefor.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 6 - Determination of Elected or Nominated Candidates › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 15451.

15451. The nominees for a voter-nominated office shall be determined in accordance with Section 8141.5 and subdivision (b) of Section 8142.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 57. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 6 - Determination of Elected or Nominated Candidates › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 15452.

15452. The person who receives a plurality of the votes cast for any office is elected or nominated to that office in any election, except:
(a) An election for which different provision is made by any city or county charter.
(b) A municipal election for which different provision is made by the laws under which the city is organized.
(c) The election of local officials in primary elections as specified in Article 8 (commencing with Section 8140) of Part 1 of Division 8.
(d) The nomination of candidates for voter-nominated office at the primary election to participate in the general election for that office as specified in Article 8 (commencing with Section 8140) of Part 1 of Division 8.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 58. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 6 - Determination of Elected or Nominated Candidates › ARTICLE 2 - Democratic Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate › Section 15460.

15460. In each county the number of candidates for membership in a county central committee in each Assembly or supervisorial district who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. However, a candidate for membership shall not be declared elected unless he or she has received votes equal in number to the minimum number of signatures to the nomination paper which would have been required to place his or her name on the direct primary ballot as a candidate for member of a committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 6 - Determination of Elected or Nominated Candidates › ARTICLE 3 - Republican Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate › Section 15470.

15470. In each county the number of candidates for membership in a committee in each Assembly or supervisorial district who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. However, a candidate for membership shall not be declared elected unless he or she has received votes equal in number to the minimum number of signatures to the nomination paper which would have been required to place his or her name on the direct primary ballot as a candidate for member of a committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 6 - Determination of Elected or Nominated Candidates › ARTICLE 4 - American Independent Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate › Section 15480.

15480. In each county the number of candidates for membership in a county central committee in each Assembly or supervisor district who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. However, a candidate for membership shall not be declared elected unless he or she has received votes equal in number to the minimum number of signatures to the nomination paper which would have been required to place his or her name on the direct primary ballot as a candidate for member of a committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 6 - Determination of Elected or Nominated Candidates › ARTICLE 5 - Peace and Freedom Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate › Section 15490.

15490. In each county the number of candidates for member of central committees to be elected in each central committee election district who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. The names and votes of all nominees for partisan public office qualified for central committees membership pursuant to Section 7755 shall be excluded from the list of candidates for member of central committees and disregarded in the determination of the candidates with the highest number of votes.
No write-in candidate for member of central committees shall be declared elected, however, unless that candidate has received a number of votes equal to or greater than 2 percent of the number of party members voting in the central committee election district at the direct primary, or 20 votes, whichever is less.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 7 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 15500.

15500. The Secretary of State, commencing with the first results from the semifinal official canvass received from the elections officials, shall compile the results for the offices and measures listed in Section 15151, which compilation shall be continued without adjournment until completed. The Secretary of State shall immediately make public the results of the compilation as to those offices and measures. The Secretary of State also shall compile and make those results reported pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 15375 available to any person or organization upon request.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 18, Sec. 3. Effective May 4, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 7 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 15501.

15501. (a) Except as to presidential electors, the Secretary of State shall compile the results for all of the following:
(1) All candidates for statewide office.
(2) All candidates for Assembly, State Senate, Congress, State Board of Equalization, Supreme Court, and Courts of Appeal.
(3) All statewide measures.
(b) The Secretary of State shall prepare, certify, and file a statement of the vote from the compiled results no later than the 38th day after the election. The Secretary of State shall post the certified statement of the vote on his or her Internet Web site in a downloadable spreadsheet format that may include, but is not limited to, a comma-separated values file or a tab-separated values file and that is compatible with a spreadsheet software application that is widely used at the time of the posting. The certified statement of the vote shall be posted and maintained on the Secretary of State’s Internet Web site for a period of at least 10 years following the election.
(c) The Secretary of State may gather returns for local elections, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Candidates for county office.
(2) Candidates for city office.
(3) Candidates for school and district office.
(4) County ballot measures.
(5) City ballot measures.
(6) School and district ballot measures.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 112, Sec. 2. (AB 813) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 7 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 15502.

15502. Within 120 days of the filing of the statement of the vote, the Secretary of State, upon the basis of the information provided, shall compile a supplement to the statement of the vote, showing the number of votes cast in each county, city, Assembly district, senatorial district, congressional district and supervisorial district for each candidate for the offices of presidential elector, Governor, and United States Senator, depending on the offices to be filled, and on each statewide ballot proposition. A copy of this supplement shall be made available, upon request, to any elector of this state.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 7 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 15503.

15503. On the 38th day after the election, or as soon within that time as the returns have been received from the entire state or a congressional district, as the case may be, the Secretary of State shall determine the votes cast for candidates for Senator and Representative and certify to the persons having the highest number of votes for the respective offices as duly elected.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 149, Sec. 3. (AB 1490) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 7 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 15504.

15504. The Secretary of State shall make out and deliver, or transmit by mail, a certificate of election or nomination to each person elected or nominated.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 7 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 15504.5.

15504.5. Whenever the Secretary of State transmits a certificate of election or unofficial election results to the State Senate or State Assembly regarding a person who appears to have received the plurality of votes in an election for State Senator or State Assembly Member, the Secretary of State shall include a notation in that information, if applicable, that the person was not continuously registered to vote in the district in which the person appears to have received a plurality of votes from the date the candidate filed their declaration of candidacy pursuant to Section 8020 to the date, inclusive, on which the Secretary of State transmits the certificate of election or unofficial election results.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 514, Sec. 2. (AB 63) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 7 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 15505.

15505. No later than the 32nd day following the election, the Secretary of State shall analyze the votes given for presidential electors, and certify to the Governor the names of the proper number of persons having the highest number of votes. The Secretary of State shall thereupon issue and transmit to each presidential elector a certificate of election. The certificate shall be accompanied by a notice of the time and place of the meeting of the presidential electors and a statement that each presidential elector will be entitled to a per diem allowance and mileage in the amounts specified.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 149, Sec. 4. (AB 1490) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 8 - Disposition of Ballots and Supplies by the Elections Official › Section 15550.

15550. The records and supplies of any election when received by the elections official shall be disposed of in the manner set forth in this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 8 - Disposition of Ballots and Supplies by the Elections Official › Section 15551.

15551. If a contest or any such criminal prosecution has been commenced prior to the date fixed for its destruction, the package containing the voted ballots shall be subject to the order of the court in which the contest or criminal prosecution is pending and shall not be destroyed until after final determination of the contest or criminal prosecution.
In the case of a congressional election contest, the elections official shall hold the ballots of that congressional district in custody subject to the inspection of any committee of the House of Representatives having in charge the investigation of the contest, until the final determination of the contest by the House of Representatives.
In the case of a contest in the State Legislature, the elections official shall hold the ballots of the Senate or Assembly district in custody subject to the inspection of any committee of the Senate or Assembly having in charge the investigation of the contest until the final determination of the contest or the final adjournment of the session of the Legislature in which the contest is filed, whichever is the later.
In no event shall the package or its contents be taken from the custody of the elections official.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 9 - Recount › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 15600.

15600. Except as provided in this chapter, this chapter applies to all elections. The recount of votes cast for candidates for presidential electors shall be governed by this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 9 - Recount › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 15601.

15601. (a) The Secretary of State, within the Secretary of State’s existing budget, shall adopt regulations no later than January 1, 2008, for each voting system approved for use in the state and specify the procedures for recounting ballots, including vote by mail and provisional ballots, using those voting systems.
(b) No later than January 1, 2018, the Secretary of State shall revise and adopt regulations specifying procedures for recounting ballots, including regulations establishing guidelines for charges a county elections official may impose when conducting a manual recount pursuant to this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 723, Sec. 1. (AB 44) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 9 - Recount › ARTICLE 2 - Elections Official-Ordered Recounts › Section 15610.

15610. If no election contest is pending wherein a recount of the ballots in a precinct has been or will be ordered, the elections official may order that the ballots voted in the precinct be publicly recounted if both of the following apply:
(a) The elections official has reasonable cause to believe the ballots in the precinct have been miscounted.
(b) The elections official has examined, under oath, the precinct board members or, in the case of ballots counted by a central counting system, the counting board members, and they are unable to explain the returns of their respective precincts.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 9 - Recount › ARTICLE 3 - Voter-Requested Recounts › Section 15620.

15620. (a) Following completion of the official canvass, any voter may, within five days thereafter but not later than 5 p.m. on the fifth day, file with the elections official responsible for conducting an election in the county wherein the recount is sought a written request for a recount of the votes cast for candidates for any office, for slates of presidential electors, or for or against any measure, if the office, slate, or measure is not voted on statewide. The request shall specify on behalf of which candidate, slate of electors, or position on a measure (affirmative or negative) it is filed.
(b) If an election is conducted in more than one county, the request for the recount may be filed by any voter within five days but not later than 5 p.m. on the fifth day, beginning on the 31st day after the election, with the elections official of, and the recount may be conducted within, any or all of the affected counties.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “completion of the official canvass” shall be presumed to be that time when the elections official signs the certified statement of the results of the election except that, in the case of a city election, if a city council canvasses the returns itself and does not order the elections official to conduct the canvass, “completion of the official canvass” shall be presumed to be that time when the governing body declares the persons elected or the measures approved or defeated.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 112. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES › CHAPTER 9 - Recount › ARTICLE 3 - Voter-Requested Recounts › Section 15621.

15621. (a) Following completion of the official canvass any voter may, within five days beginning on the 31st day after a statewide election, file with the Secretary of State a written request for a recount of the votes cast for candidates for any statewide office or for or against any measure voted on statewide. The request filed pursuant to this section shall specify in which county or counties the recount is sought and shall specify on behalf of which candidate, slate of electors, or position on a measure (affirmative or negative) it is filed.
(b) The Secretary of State shall forthwith send by registered mail one copy of the request to the elections official of each county in which a recount of the votes is sought.
(c) All the other provisions of this article apply to recounts conducted under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 479, Sec. 11. (AB 1762) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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15621.5. If more than one voter requests a recount of the same office or measure pursuant to Section 15620 or 15621, and at least one request is for a manual recount, the county elections official of a county subject to multiple requests as described in this section shall conduct only one manual recount of the ballots subject to recount, the result of which shall be controlling.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 723, Sec. 4. (AB 44) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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15622. The request may specify the order in which the precincts shall be recounted.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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15623. Any time during the conduct of a recount and for 24 hours thereafter, any other voter may request the recount of any precincts in an election for the same office, slate of presidential electors, or measure not recounted as a result of the original request.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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15624. The voter or the campaign committee, as defined in Section 82013 of the Government Code, represented by the voter filing the request seeking the recount shall, before the recount is commenced and at the beginning of each day following, deposit with the elections official a sum as required by the elections official to cover the cost of the recount for that day. The money deposited shall be returned to the depositor if, upon completion of the recount, the candidate, slate of presidential electors, or the position on the measure (affirmative or negative) for which the declaration is filed is found to have received the plurality of votes cast which it had not received according to the official canvass or, in an election where there are two or more candidates, the recount results in the candidate for whom the recount was requested appearing on the ballot in a subsequent runoff election or general election who would not have so appeared in the absence of the recount. The depositor shall be entitled to the return of any money deposited in excess of the cost of the recount if the candidate, slate, or position on the measure has not received the plurality of the votes cast or, in an election where there are two or more candidates, the recount does not result in the candidate for whom the recount was requested appearing on the ballot in a subsequent runoff or general election as a result of the recount. Money not required to be refunded shall be deposited in the appropriate public treasury.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 904, Sec. 1. (AB 2369) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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15625. The recount shall be conducted under the supervision of the elections official by special recount boards consisting of four voters of the county appointed by the elections official. Each member of a recount board shall receive the same compensation per day as is paid in the jurisdiction within which the recount is being conducted to members of precinct boards, other than inspectors, to be paid out of the appropriate public treasury.
If the office of the elections official is the subject of the recount, the governing body shall appoint an officer, other than the elections official, to appoint and supervise the special recount boards.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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15626. The recount shall be commenced not more than seven days following the receipt by the elections official of the request or order for the recount under Section 15620, 15621, or 15645 and shall be continued daily, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excepted, for not less than six hours each day until completed. The recount shall not be commenced until the first day following notification of the individuals specified in Section 15628.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 723, Sec. 5. (AB 44) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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15627. (a) If the votes subject to recount were cast or tabulated by a voting system, the voter requesting the recount shall, for each set of ballots cast or tabulated by a type of voting system, select whether the recount shall be conducted manually, or by means of the voting system used originally. Only one method of recount may be used for all ballots cast or tabulated by the same type of voting system.
(b) For purposes of direct recording electronic voting systems, “conducted manually” means that the voter verified paper audit trail of the electronically recorded vote is counted manually, as selected by the voter who requests the recount.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 723, Sec. 6. (AB 44) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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15628. Not less than one day prior to commencement of the recount, the elections official shall post a notice as to the date and place of the recount and shall notify the following persons of it in person or by any federally regulated overnight mail service:
(a) All candidates for any office the votes for which are to be recounted.
(b) Authorized representatives of presidential candidates to whom electors are pledged if the votes to be recounted were cast for presidential electors.
(c) Proponents of any initiative or referendum or persons filing ballot arguments for or against any initiative, referendum, or measure placed on the ballot by the governing body the votes for which are to be recounted.
(d) The Secretary of State in the case of a recount of the votes cast for candidates for any state office, presidential electors, the House of Representatives of the United States, the Senate of the United States, or delegates to a national convention or on any state measure.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 48. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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15629. The recount shall be conducted publicly.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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15630. All ballots, whether voted or not, and any other relevant material, may be examined as part of any recount if the voter filing the declaration requesting the recount so requests.
No examination of any ballot shall include touching or handling the ballot without the express consent of the elections official or the election officer supervising the special recount board. No ballot may be touched or handled during the examination unless the elections official or the elections officer supervising the special recount is present to observe the examination.
Except as provided in this section no ballot shall be touched or handled by any person during the recount unless that person is the elections official, a person acting at the direction of the elections official, a member of the special recount board, or by order of the superior court.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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15631. On recount, ballots may be challenged for incompleteness, ambiguity, or other defects, in accordance with the following procedure:
(a) The person challenging the ballot shall state the reason for the challenge.
(b) The official counting the ballot shall count it as he or she believes proper and then set it aside with a notation as to how it was counted.
(c) The elections official shall, before the recount is completed, determine whether the challenge is to be allowed. The decision of the elections official is final.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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15632. In lieu of the returns as reported in the official canvass, upon completion of the recount showing that a different candidate was nominated or elected, that a different presidential slate of electors received a plurality of the votes, or that a measure was defeated instead of approved or approved instead of defeated, there shall be entered the result of the recount in each precinct affected, which result shall, for all purposes thereafter, be the official returns of those precincts for the office, slates of presidential electors, or measure involved in the recount. If the office, slates of presidential electors, or measure are not voted on statewide, the results of any recount which is not completed by counting the votes in each and every precinct in the jurisdiction within which votes were cast on the candidates for the office, on the slates of electors, or on the measure in question shall be declared null and void. If the office, slates of presidential electors, or measure are voted on statewide, the results of any recount will be declared null and void where there is not recounted each vote cast statewide for the office, slates, or measure.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 723, Sec. 7. (AB 44) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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15633. A copy of the results of any recount conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be posted conspicuously in the office of the elections official.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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15634. This chapter does not:
(a) Authorize the opening or recounting of ballots for any precinct except for the purposes specified in this chapter.
(b) Limit other provisions of law regarding an election contest or recount.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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15640. (a) When requested by the board of supervisors or the grand jury, the district attorney may petition the superior court for an order directing a public recount to be made of ballots tabulated by a voting system in any precincts in the county that it designates for any election occurring not over 25 days before the request. The request and petition shall be made only on one or more of the following grounds, and the order may be issued only with a finding that there is probable cause to believe that one or more of the grounds exist:
(1) Misconduct by anyone sufficient to make it likely that the result of the election was affected as to the successful candidates or propositions or tie holders, including any of the conduct specified in Section 16100.
(2) Errors or failures, whether electronic, mechanical or otherwise, in the safekeeping, handling, tallying, counting, recording, or certification of the ballots or votes cast, sufficient to make it likely that the result of the election was affected as to the successful candidates or propositions or tie holders, or sufficient to cast substantial doubt on the substantial accuracy of the results without regard to affecting any result.
The petition shall be set for hearing and may be opposed by any interested party.
(b) The court may order any further recounts that it may deem proper based on the results of the recounts provided for in subdivision (a) or in Section 15645, and shall declare the results of all the recounts, and shall determine and order corrected the results of any election affected by any recount.
(c) The court may order payment of the costs of any such recount in whole or in just proportion by any person or any public agency, or both, who petition for a recount. In the case of public agencies the costs shall be provided for and paid pursuant to Section 19212.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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15641. Section 15001 shall apply unless a court orders the program held pending the conclusion of litigation challenging the outcome of an election. If court action or an official recount is initiated while the program is on deposit, the Secretary of State shall make the program available to the court or the elections official in whose jurisdiction the court action or recount takes place, upon written request.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 810, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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15642. Any tape, diskette, cartridge, or other magnetic or electronic storage medium used in the programming of vote totals shall be kept in a secure location and, if there is a recanvass of votes, the officer entrusted with the magnetic storage medium shall submit his or her affidavit stating that they are the true media used in the election and have not been altered.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 42. Effective January 1, 1999.)