California Elections Code ARTICLE 5 - Manual Vote Count in the Precinct

• Section 15270.
  This article applies to all elections in which ballots are counted by hand.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 27. Effective January 1,
• Section 15271.
  As soon as the polls are finally closed, the precinct board shall commence to count the votes by taking the ballots cast, unopened, out of...
• Section 15272.
  The count shall be public and shall be continued without adjournment until completed and the result is declared. During the reading and tallying, the ballot...
• Section 15273.
  Unless otherwise provided in this code, the precinct board members may not constitute themselves into separate squads in an attempt to conduct more than one...
• Section 15274.
  The members of the precinct board may relieve each other in the duties of counting ballots.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 27....
• Section 15275.
  Those ballots not rejected shall be placed in one pile, and the board shall proceed to count by tallying the vote for one or more...
• Section 15276.
  The precinct board members shall ascertain the number of votes cast for each person and for and against each measure in the following manner:One precinct...
• Section 15277.
  (a) Two of the precinct board members shall each keep a tally sheet in a form prescribed by the elections official. Each tally sheet shall contain...
• Section 15278.
  On completion of the canvass of the returns for each election, the elections official shall compare the vote by mail voters’ list with the roster...
• Section 15278.5.
  No precinct board member may make any tally of votes in any other manner than is provided in this article, nor in any place other...
• Section 15279.
  The ballots, as soon as all of the names and measures marked on them as voted for are read and tallied, shall not thereafter be...
• Section 15280.
  The precinct board shall complete, sign, and return to the elections official all furnished forms requiring its signatures.When votes are counted at the precinct, all...
• Section 15281.
  The precinct board shall sign and post conspicuously on the outside of the polling place a copy of the result of the votes cast. The...

Last modified: October 22, 2018