AB 813, as introduced, Melendez. Election recounts.
Existing law specifies requirements for challenging ballots in a recount and requires the elections official to determine whether a challenge is to be allowed.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 15631 of the Elections Code is amended
2to read:
On recount,begin delete ballotsend deletebegin insert a ballotend insert may be challenged for
4incompleteness, ambiguity, or other defects, in accordance with
5the following procedure:
6(a) The person challenging the ballot shall state the reason for
7the challenge.
8(b) The official counting the ballot shall count it as he or she
9believes proper and then set it aside with a notation as to how it
10was counted.
P2 1(c) The elections official shall, before the recount is completed,
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determine whether the challenge is to be allowed. The decision of
3the elections official is final.
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