BILL NUMBER: AB 813	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Melendez

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 15631 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 1.  Section 15631 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   15631.  On recount,  ballots   a ballot 
may be challenged for incompleteness, ambiguity, or other defects,
in accordance with the following procedure:
   (a) The person challenging the ballot shall state the reason for
the challenge.
   (b) The official counting the ballot shall count it as he or she
believes proper and then set it aside with a notation as to how it
was counted.
   (c) The elections official shall, before the recount is completed,
determine whether the challenge is to be allowed. The decision of
the elections official is final.