California Elections Code ARTICLE 3 - Voter-Requested Recounts

• Section 15620.
  (a) Following completion of the official canvass and again following completion of any postcanvass risk-limiting audit conducted pursuant to Section 15560, any voter may, within five...
• Section 15621.
  (a) Following completion of the official canvass any voter may, within five days beginning on the 31st day after a statewide election, file with the Secretary...
• Section 15621.5.
  If more than one voter requests a recount of the same office or measure pursuant to Section 15620 or 15621, and at least one request...
• Section 15622.
  The request may specify the order in which the precincts shall be recounted.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
• Section 15623.
  Any time during the conduct of a recount and for 24 hours thereafter, any other voter may request the recount of any precincts in an...
• Section 15624.
  The voter or the campaign committee, as defined in Section 82013 of the Government Code, represented by the voter filing the request seeking the recount...
• Section 15625.
  The recount shall be conducted under the supervision of the elections official by special recount boards consisting of four voters of the county appointed by...
• Section 15626.
  The recount shall be commenced not more than seven days following the receipt by the elections official of the request or order for the recount...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 15629.
  The recount shall be conducted publicly.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 15633.
  A copy of the results of any recount conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be posted conspicuously in the office of the elections official.(Enacted by...
• Section 15634.
  This chapter does not:(a) Authorize the opening or recounting of ballots for any precinct except for the purposes specified in this chapter.(b) Limit other provisions of law...

Last modified: October 22, 2018