§ 7-4 REPORTING

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

BALLOT REPORT — A report in plain text electronic format that lists all of the following for each ballot counted in the tabulation:

• a. The candidate indicated at each ranking.

• b. The precinct in which the ballot was cast.

• c. Whether the ballot was cast by mail.

SUMMARY REPORT — A report that lists all of the following:

• a. The number of ballots counted.

• b.

  • The votes received by each candidate in each round of the tabulation.

• c. In each round of tabulation, the cumulative number of all exhausted ballots and all ballots exhausted by overvotes.

• d.

• Any other information that the City Clerk chooses to include.

• a. A ballot report generated pursuant to this Subsection 7-4.2 shall not permit the order in which the votes were cast in each precinct to be reconstructed or the identification of the voter that cast the ballot.

• b. This Subsection 7-4.2 does not prohibit the City Clerk from providing additional reports or including additional information in any report except for the limitations expressed in paragraph a immediately above.

• a. The City Clerk, in coordination with the Alameda County Registrar of Voters, shall do all of the following:

  1. Tabulate the results as soon as the City Clerk determines it is feasible after the close of the polls, and publish the corresponding summary report.

  2. Tabulate the results for the last preliminary count of the ballots on election night and publish a corresponding summary report.

• b. The City Clerk shall publish a summary report and ballot report for the final tabulation of the official canvass in conjunction with the certified statement of the results.

The City Clerk shall promptly post links to reports pursuant to Subsection 7-4.2 on the internet website of the City Clerk's office.