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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15204
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15204
All proceedings at the central counting place, or counting places, if applicable, shall be open to the view of the public but no person, except one employed and designated for the purpose by the elections official or his or her authorized deputy, shall touch any ballot container.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15205
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15205
(a) A person may be employed to count, tally, and certify the ballots if he or she is not a candidate at the election and if he or she satisfies either of the following requirements: (1) Has the qualifications required for a precinct board member. (2) Is a deputy or employee of e
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15206
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15206
The elections official or any deputy authorized by the elections official may excuse or dismiss any person from any counting board and enforce the order.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15207
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15207
The elections official or authorized deputy shall segregate the persons employed to count the ballots into counting boards. These counting boards shall be deemed to be precinct boards, and are subject to all laws governing precinct boards where ballots are counted at the polling
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15208
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15208
(a) Each container of ballots shall be opened and its contents removed. The ballots shall be checked to ascertain if the ballots are properly grouped and shall be arranged, if necessary, so that all similar ballots from the precinct are together. (b) Any ballot that contains pers
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15209
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15209
Any magnetic or electronic storage medium, or copy thereof, used for the ballot tabulation program and any magnetic or electronic storage medium, or copy thereof, containing election results shall be kept in a secure location and shall be retained for 6 months following any local
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15210
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15210
In preparing the voted ballots for processing, any ballot that is torn, bent, or otherwise defective shall be corrected so that every vote cast by the voter shall be counted by the automatic tabulating equipment. If necessary, a true duplicate copy of the defective ballot shall b
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15212
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15212
If voting at all precincts within a county is not conducted using the same voting system, the result as to the precincts not subject to this article shall be determined in accordance with other provisions of this code and the result of the vote at precincts subject to this articl
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15213
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15213
In case of an emergency in which it becomes impossible to transport the ballots from the precinct to a central counting place, the elections official may direct that the ballots be counted at the precinct. In those cases, counting shall be conducted substantially in accordance wi
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15250
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15250
This article applies to all elections in which votes are counted by means of a voting machine at a polling place or vote center.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15250.5
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15250.5
(a) As soon as the polls are closed on election day, the precinct board, in the presence of the watchers and all others lawfully present, shall immediately lock the voting machine against voting and do all of the following: (1) Count the votes cast on voting machines and report t
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15251
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15251
Upon receipt of the result of votes cast from the precinct boards, the elections official shall do either of the following: (a) Compile and make available to the public the received results as to the offices and measures. (b) Compare the received results to the results provided t
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15260
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15260
(a) The elections official of the jurisdiction shall establish one or more election return centers for the purpose of facilitating the compilation of election returns and expediting their announcement to the public. (b) In establishing a return center, the elections official may
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15261
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15261
The elections official may establish one or more centers to count ballots from designated precincts and transmit the results via voice telephone connection or facsimile transmission. The count shall be conducted in all other respects in accordance with the central counting provis
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15270
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15270
This article applies to all elections in which ballots are counted by hand.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15270.1
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15270.1
(a) An elections official shall not conduct a manual vote count pursuant to this article or Article 6 (commencing with Section 15290) in any election unless that manual count is conducted pursuant to a plan approved by the Secretary of State. A manual count plan shall be consiste
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15270.2
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15270.2
The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations regarding manual vote counts.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15270.3
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15270.3
Notwithstanding Section 15270.1 or subdivision (a) of Section 19207.5, an elections official may conduct a manual vote count in the event of a natural disaster or other state of emergency in which use of a certified voting system is not feasible.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15271
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15271
As soon as the polls are finally closed, the precinct board shall commence to count the votes by taking the ballots cast, unopened, out of the box and counting them to ascertain whether the number of ballots corresponds with the number of signatures on the roster. The precinct bo
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15272
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15272
The count shall be public and shall be continued without adjournment until completed and the result is declared. During the reading and tallying, the ballot read and the tally sheet kept shall be within the clear view of watchers.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15273
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15273
Unless otherwise provided in this code, the precinct board members may not constitute themselves into separate squads in an attempt to conduct more than one count of the ballots at the same time.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15274
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15274
The members of the precinct board may relieve each other in the duties of counting ballots.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15275
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15275
Those ballots not rejected shall be placed in one pile, and the board shall proceed to count by tallying the vote for one or more offices or measures at a time.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15276
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15276
The precinct board members shall ascertain the number of votes cast for each person and for and against each measure in the following manner: One precinct board member shall read from the ballots. As the ballots are read, at least one other precinct board member shall keep watch
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15277
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15277
(a) Two of the precinct board members shall each keep a tally sheet in a form prescribed by the elections official. Each tally sheet shall contain all of the following: (1) The name of each candidate being voted for and the specific office for which each candidate is being voted.