ARTICLE 2. Automated Count in a Central Location
Article 2 added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 27.
§§ 15200–15213 · 13 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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.
- § 15207 The elections official or authorized deputy shall segregate the persons employed to count the ballots into counting boards. These counting boards shall be…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…