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DIVISION 15. SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES 15000-15702›CHAPTER 2. Vote by Mail Ballot Processing 15100-15112
§ 15102
California Elections Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
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. The official shall provide for the forms of tally books and the distribution of the duties of the members of the canvassing board.
When the tally is done by hand, there shall be no less than four persons for each office or proposition to be counted. One shall read from the ballot, the second shall keep watch for any error or improper vote, and the other two shall keep the tally.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 88. Effective January 1, 2008.)
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