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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15002
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15002
No later than January 1 of each even-numbered year, the Secretary of State shall review, and if necessary amend, administrative procedures for use with each of the voting systems pursuant to Division 19.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15003
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15003
Elections officials shall adopt semifinal official and official canvass procedures to conform to the applicable voting system procedures that have been approved by the Secretary of State. These procedures shall be available for public inspection no later than 29 days before each
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15004
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15004
(a) Each qualified political party may employ, and may have present at the central counting place or places, not more than two representatives to check and review the preparation and operation of the tabulating devices, their programming and testing, and have the representatives
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15100
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15100
The provisions of this chapter apply to the processing of vote by mail ballots during the 29-day period before any election, during the semifinal official canvass, and during the official canvass.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15101
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15101
(a) An elections official may begin to process vote by mail ballot return envelopes and vote by mail ballots on the date on which the ballots are mailed, which shall not be later than 29 days before the election. (b) (1) Processing vote by mail ballot return envelopes may include
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15102
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15102
The official shall appoint a special counting board or boards in numbers that he or she deems adequate to count the vote by mail ballots. The official shall provide for the forms of tally books and the distribution of the duties of the members of the canvassing board. When the ta
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15103
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15103
The elections official shall pay a reasonable compensation to each member of the canvassing board of vote by mail ballots. This compensation shall be paid out of the treasury of the agency conducting the election as other claims against it are paid.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15104
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15104
(a) The processing of vote by mail ballot return envelopes, and the processing and counting of vote by mail ballots, shall be open to the public, both prior to and after the election. (b) A member of the county grand jury, and at least one member each of the Republican county cen
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15105
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15105
Challenges to a vote by mail voter may be made for the same reasons as those made against a voter voting at a polling place. In addition, a challenge may be entered on the grounds that the ballot was not received within the time provided by this code or that a person is currently
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15106
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15106
Except as otherwise provided, the processing of vote by mail ballot return envelopes, the processing and counting of vote by mail ballots, and the disposition of challenges of vote by mail ballots shall be according to the laws now in force pertaining to the election for which th
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15107
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15107
If a challenge is overruled, the board shall open the identification envelope without defacing the affidavit printed on it or mutilating the enclosed ballot and, without viewing the ballot, remove it and destroy the numbered slip, if any remains, and store the ballots in a secure
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15108
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15108
If a challenge is allowed, the board shall endorse on the face of the identification envelope the cause of the challenge and its action thereon.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15109
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15109
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the counting and canvassing of vote by mail ballots shall be conducted in the same manner and under the same regulations as used for ballots cast in a precinct polling place.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15110
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15110
Reports to the Secretary of State of the findings of the canvass of vote by mail ballots shall be made by the elections official pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 15150) and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 15300).
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15111
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15111
The elections official shall keep an accurate list of all voters who have received and voted a vote by mail ballot at each election and compare this list with the roster as provided in Section 15278. That list shall include the election precinct of the voter.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15112
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15112
When elections are consolidated pursuant to Division 10 (commencing with Section 10000), and only one form of ballot is used at the consolidated election, the ballots cast by vote by mail voters shall be counted only in connection with elections to which vote by mail voter privil
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15150
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15150
For every election, the elections official shall conduct a semifinal official canvass by tabulating vote by mail and precinct ballots and compiling the results. The semifinal official canvass shall commence immediately upon the close of the polls and shall continue without adjour
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15151
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15151
(a) The elections official shall transmit the semifinal official results to the Secretary of State in the manner and according to the schedule prescribed by the Secretary of State prior to each election, for the following: (1) All candidates voted for statewide office. (2) All ca
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15152
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15152
Neither the elections official, any member of a precinct board, nor any other person shall count any votes, either for a ballot proposition or candidate, until the close of the polls in that county. After that time, the ballots for all candidates and ballot propositions voted upo
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15153
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15153
During the semifinal official canvass, write-in votes shall be counted in accordance with Article 3 (commencing with Section 15340) of Chapter 4.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15154
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15154
(a) Any ballot that is not marked as provided by law shall be rejected. The rejected ballots shall be placed in the package marked for voted ballots or in a separate container as directed by the elections official. All rejected ballots shall have written on the ballot the cause f
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15200
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15200
If paper ballots are used in conjunction with this system, counting shall be as provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 15270) and Article 6 (commencing with Section 15290).
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15201
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15201
(a) As soon as the polls are closed, the precinct board shall, in the presence of the public do all of the following: (1) Seal the container used to transport voted ballots and insure that the precinct number, or in an election conducted using a voter center, the vote center numb
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15202
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15202
If the ballots are to be counted at a central counting place, no fewer than two precinct board members shall, following the close of the polls, deliver the ballots, in a sealed container, to the central counting place or a designated receiving station. There may be two or more ce
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15203
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15203
The vote tabulating device may be located at any place within the state approved by the elections official of the county or other political subdivision using the device. The same device may be jointly owned, borrowed, leased, or used by two or more counties, cities, or other poli