CHAPTER 4. Closing of the Polls [14400. - 14443.]
Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 14400–14443 · 21 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 14400–14405 · 7 sections
- § 14400 At any election, all members of the precinct board shall be present at the closing of the polls.
- § 14401 When the polls are closed, the precinct board shall proclaim that fact aloud at the place of election. After the proclamation no ballot shall be received.…
- § 14402 Any one who arrives at the polling place after the time provided for closing the polls shall not be entitled to vote, even though the polls are open when the…
- § 14402.5 If the time for closing the polls is extended pursuant to a court order, all votes cast during the time that the closing of the polls is extended shall be by…
- § 14403 (a) Immediately upon the closing of the polls and before any voted ballot is taken from any of the ballot containers, the precinct board member shall, in the…
- § 14404 (a) Immediately upon the arrival of the hour when the polls are required by law to be closed on election day, the elections official conducting the election…
- § 14405 (a) The members of the precinct board shall account for the ballots delivered to them by returning a sufficient number of unused ballots to make up, when added…
ARTICLE 2. Elections Using Voting Systems §§ 14420–14422 · 3 sections
- § 14420 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), before or as soon as the polls are closed, the precinct board shall remove the voted ballots from the ballot…
- § 14421 Unless the county elections official has directed the precinct board to seal the ballot container and record information pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section…
- § 14422 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county elections official may direct a precinct board to seal the ballot container prior to the closing…
ARTICLE 2.5. Elections Using Vote Centers § 14428 · 1 section
- § 14428 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14420, in elections conducted using vote centers, at the end of each voting day, the precinct board shall remove the voted ballots…
ARTICLE 3. Return of Supplies to the Clerk §§ 14430–14435 · 6 sections
- § 14430 The precinct board, as soon after the polls are closed as possible, shall prepare the supplies, including the copies of the voter list or roster posted at or…
- § 14431 The precinct board shall enclose and seal in one or more packages, as determined by the elections official, all voted, spoiled, canceled, or unused ballots.
- § 14432 The precinct board shall enclose and seal in one or two packages, as determined by the elections official, all of the following: (a) Two tally sheets, if…
- § 14433 If ballots are counted at precincts pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 15340) or Article 5 (commencing with Section 15360) of Chapter 4 of Division…
- § 14434 The sealed packages containing the lists, papers, and ballots shall be delivered by two of its members without delay, unopened, to the elections official or to…
- § 14435 No list, tally, paper, or certificate returned from any election shall be set aside or rejected for want of form, nor because it is not strictly in accordance…
ARTICLE 4. Snap Tallies §§ 14440–14443 · 4 sections
- § 14440 Before any election, the governing body of the jurisdiction holding the election shall decide that certain offices or measures to be voted on are of more than…
- § 14441 The elections official shall prepare and forward to each selected precinct forms containing a list of the offices and measures designated as being of more than…
- § 14442 Upon receipt from the precincts of the reports of votes cast on the specially designated offices and measures, the elections official shall tabulate the…
- § 14443 If ballots are counted by electronic or electromechanical means, the elections official may provide for early tabulation and announcement of the returns in a…