California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 7 - Secretary of State › Chapter 4.8 - Recounts › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 20351 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) "Election
				  data media device" means a card, cartridge, USB flash memory stick or other
				  digital storage device that stores ballot information and/or voting results
				  information in a non-volatile form.
(b) "Batches" means any grouping of the
				  ballots for the purpose of tabulation. A batch may be comprised of ballots
				  wholly from one precinct or from multiple precincts.
(c) "Chain of Custody" means a process used
				  to track the movement and control of all election materials related to the
				  conduct of a recount through its lifecycle by documenting each person and
				  organization who handles the recount election materials, the date and time it
				  was collected or transferred, and the purpose of the transfer. A break in the
				  chain of custody refers to a period during which control of the recount
				  election materials is uncertain and during which actions taken with the recount
				  elections materials are unaccounted for or unconfirmed.
(d) "Governing board" includes, but is not
				  limited to, a city council or a county board of supervisors.
(e) "Interested party" means the requestor
				  and those persons identified in Elections Code section 15628.
(f) "Observer" means any representative of a
				  qualified political party, representative of a bona fide association of
				  citizens, or other person who wishes to observe the recount proceedings subject
				  to space limitations.
(g) "Outcome
				  of the election" means the candidate(s) identified as the elected official(s)
				  or the final results of the measure ("yes" or "no") based on certified results
				  of the election pursuant to Elections Code section 15632.
(h) "Qualified political party" means only a
				  political party qualified to participate in the last primary
				  election.
(i) "Relevant material"
				  includes but is not limited to unvoted ballots, vote-by-mail and provisional
				  ballot envelopes, language translation files pre- and post-election logic and
				  accuracy testing plans and results, polling place event logs, precinct tally
				  results, central count tally results and consolidated results in a structured,
				  non-proprietary format, chain of custody logs, duplication logs.
(j) "Requestor" means a voter who requests a
				  recount or any other voter who, during the conduct of a recount and for 24
				  hours thereafter, requests the recount of additional precincts not recounted as
				  a result of the original request.
(k) "Vote tabulating device" means any piece
				  or combination of pieces of equipment, other than a voting machine operated by
				  levers or other mechanical means, that compiles a total of votes cast by means
				  of electronic data processing and ballot card sorting, ballot card scanning, or
				  paper ballot scanning.
(l) "Voter"
				  means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
(m) "Vote for One" means an election for an
				  office in which the voter may select only one candidate.
(n) "Vote for Multiple" means an election for
				  an office in which the voter may select two or more candidates.
(o) "Voting system redundant vote data" means
				  each and every electronic record of election results for ballots cast in a
				  contest subject to recount on one or more voting system units that is stored in
				  any part of the voting system other than the jurisdiction's central electronic
				  repository of results for that election. Some voting systems do not have
				  redundant vote data on all tabulating or recording devices.
Note: Authority cited: Section
						12172.5,
						Government Code; and Sections
						10 and
						15601,
						Elections Code. Reference: Sections
						358,
						359,
						361,
						15620,
						15621,
						15623 and
						15625,
						Elections Code.