Section 15209.
15209. Any magnetic or electronic storage medium used for the ballot tabulation program and any magnetic or electronic storage medium containing election results shall be kept in a secure location and shall be retained for six months following any local election and 22 months following any federal election or so long thereafter as any contest […]
Section 15210.
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 be made and substituted therefor, following the intention […]
Section 15211.
15211. If paper ballots are used for vote by mail voting, the canvass may be conducted in accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 15000), or the elections official may have a true duplicate copy of vote by mail voter paper ballots made on punchcard ballots that shall be verified in the presence of witnesses. […]
Section 15212.
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 article shall be determined as […]
Section 15213.
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 with Article 5 (commencing with Section 15270). (Added by […]
Section 15250.
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. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 73. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
Section 15250.5.
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 the results pursuant to subdivisions (b) and […]
Section 15251.
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 to the public from the central tabulation or tally […]
Section 15260.
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 designate a group of precincts which the center shall serve and this designation shall […]
Section 15261.
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 provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 15200). The list of designated precincts […]