CHAPTER 9. Recount [15600. - 15649.]
Heading of Chapter 9 renumbered from Chapter 12 by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 41.
§§ 15600–15649 · 27 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 15600–15601 · 2 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
ARTICLE 2. Elections Official-Ordered Recounts § 15610 · 1 section
- § 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…
ARTICLE 3. Voter-Requested Recounts §§ 15620–15634 · 16 sections
- § 15620 (a) Following completion of the official canvass, any voter may, within five calendar days thereafter but not later than 5 p.m. on the fifth day, file with the…
- § 15621 (a) Following completion of the official canvass any voter may, within five calendar days beginning on the 31st day after a statewide election, file with the…
- § 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,…
- § 15622 The request may specify the order in which votes are recounted by precinct or by the batch in which the ballots were scanned. In the case of a recount that…
- § 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…
- § 15624 The voter or the campaign committee, as defined in Section 82013 of the Government Code, represented by the voter filing the recount request, or the voter’s…
- § 15625 (a) The recount shall be conducted under the supervision of the elections official. The elections official shall convene special recount boards consisting of…
- § 15626 (a) The recount shall be commenced not more than seven business days following the receipt by the elections official of the request or order for the recount…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 15629 The recount shall be conducted publicly.
- § 15630 (a) All ballots, whether voted or not, and any other relevant materials, as specified in regulations adopted by the Secretary of State, may be examined as part…
- § 15631 On recount, ballots may be challenged for incompleteness, ambiguity, or other defects, in accordance with the following procedure: (a) The person challenging…
- § 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…
- § 15633 Not more than one day after the conclusion of the recount, the elections official shall post a copy of the results of any recount conducted pursuant to this…
- § 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…
ARTICLE 4. Court-Ordered Recounts §§ 15640–15642 · 3 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
ARTICLE 5. State-Funded Recounts §§ 15645–15649 · 5 sections
- § 15645 (a) (1) Within five days after the Secretary of State files a statement of the vote, as required by subdivision (b) of Section 15501, the Governor may order a…
- § 15646 (a) Upon the Governor or Secretary of State ordering a recount pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 15645, the Secretary of State shall notify the elections…
- § 15647 All the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 15620), except Sections 15620, 15621, 15622, 15623, 15624, and 15627, shall apply to this article…
- § 15648 The Secretary of State may adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this article.
- § 15649 A county elections official shall only be required to conduct a recount pursuant to this article to the extent funds are appropriated for purposes of this…