California Elections Code CHAPTER 2 - Vote by Mail Ballot Processing

  • Section 15100.
    The provisions of this chapter apply to the processing of vote by mail ballots during the 29-day period before any election, during the semifinal official...
  • Section 15101.
    (a) Any jurisdiction in which vote by mail ballots are cast may begin to process vote by mail ballot return envelopes beginning 29 days before the...
  • Section 15102.
    The official shall appoint a special counting board or boards in numbers that he or she deems adequate to count the vote by mail ballots....
  • Section 15103.
    The elections official shall pay a reasonable compensation to each member of the canvassing board of vote by mail ballots. This compensation shall be paid...
  • Section 15104.
    (a) The processing of vote by mail ballot return envelopes, and the processing and counting of vote by mail ballots, shall be open to the public,...
  • Section 15105.
    Prior to processing and opening the identification envelopes of vote by mail voters, the elections official shall make available a list of vote by mail...
  • Section 15106.
    Except as otherwise provided, the processing of vote by mail ballot return envelopes, the processing and counting of vote by mail ballots, and the disposition...
  • Section 15107.
    If a challenge is overruled, the board shall open the identification envelope without defacing the affidavit printed on it or mutilating the enclosed ballot and,...
  • Section 15108.
    If a challenge is allowed, the board shall endorse on the face of the identification envelope the cause of the challenge and its action thereon.(Added...
  • Section 15109.
    Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the counting and canvassing of vote by mail ballots shall be conducted in the same manner and under...
  • Section 15110.
    Reports to the Secretary of State of the findings of the canvass of vote by mail ballots shall be made by the elections official pursuant...
  • Section 15111.
    The elections official shall keep an accurate list of all voters who have received and voted a vote by mail ballot at each election and...
  • Section 15112.
    When elections are consolidated pursuant to Division 10 (commencing with Section 10000), and only one form of ballot is used at the consolidated election, the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018