Section 20371 - Manual Recounts Generally(a) One of the four special recount board members shall read the ballot and call out the vote cast for the contest subject to recount on that ballot; one shall observe that the correct call was made, and two members shall each separately and independently record the votes as called out.(b) Prior to beginning the actual manual recount, the elections official shall instruct all members of the special recount boards, requestor, interested parties, representatives and observers on the procedures to be followed for the recount and shall provide them with copies of these recount regulations, any local documentation concerning recount procedure, and documentation on how to interpret and read the votes cast on the ballot, consistent with federal and state law and Chapter 4.5 of these regulations. The instructions and documentation shall include a statement that in the event of a challenge, the determination of the elections official shall be final.(c) Vote-by-mail and early-voted ballots cast from a precinct subject to recount shall be tabulated separately from ballots cast in a polling place on election day.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 2, § 20371
Note: Authority cited: Section 12172.5, Government Code; and Sections 10 and 15601, Elections Code. Reference: Sections 15101, 15102, 15103, 15104, 15105, 15106, 15107, 15108, 15109, 15110, 15276, 15290 and 15625, Elections Code.
1. Renumbering of section 20831 to new section 20371, including amendment of subsections (b)-(c) and NOTE, filed 6-27-2024; operative 6/27/2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2024, No. 26).