Section 15649.
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 article in the annual Budget Act or other statute. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 723, Sec. 8. (AB 44) Effective January 1, 2016.)
Section 15627.
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 tabulated by a type of voting system, select whether the recount shall be conducted manually, or by means of the voting system used originally. Only one method […]
Section 15650.
15650. This article does not apply to any primary election. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
Section 15628.
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 the following persons of it in person or by any federally regulated overnight mail service: (a) All candidates for any office the votes for which […]
Section 15651.
15651. (a) If at any election, except as provided in subdivision (b) and an election for Governor or Lieutenant Governor, two or more persons receive an equal and the highest number of votes for an office to be voted for in more than one county, the Secretary of State shall forthwith summon the candidates who have […]
Section 15629.
15629. The recount shall be conducted publicly. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
Section 15652.
15652. If the tie vote has been determined pursuant to Section 15651, the person declared elected by the Secretary of State or the election board is entitled to a certificate of election. The Secretary of State, the county elections official or the city elections official, whichever the case may be, shall immediately make out and […]
Section 15630.
15630. All ballots, whether voted or not, and any other relevant material, may be examined as part of any recount if the voter filing the declaration requesting the recount so requests. No examination of any ballot shall include touching or handling the ballot without the express consent of the elections official or the election officer […]
Section 15631.
15631. On recount, ballots may be challenged for incompleteness, ambiguity, or other defects, in accordance with the following procedure: (a) The person challenging the ballot shall state the reason for the challenge. (b) The official counting the ballot shall count it as he or she believes proper and then set it aside with a notation as to […]
Section 15632.
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 different presidential slate of electors received a plurality of the votes, or that a measure was defeated instead of approved or approved instead of defeated, there shall […]