ARTICLE 3. Voter-Requested Recounts [15620. - 15634.]
Article 3 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 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…