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Division 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES
Division 15 - SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES
California Elections Code — §§ 15000-15702
Chapter 1 - Preparation for Canvass
§§ 15000-15004
Chapter 2 - Vote by Mail Ballot Processing
§§ 15100-15112
Chapter 3 - Semifinal Official Canvass
§§ 15150-15290
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 15150-15154
Article 2 - Automated Count in a Central Location
§§ 15200-15213
Article 3 - Automated Vote Count in Precincts
§§ 15250-15251
Article 4 - Establishing Election Return Centers and Multiple Counting Centers
§§ 15260-15261
Article 5 - Manual Vote Count in the Precinct
§§ 15270-15281
Article 6 - Manual Vote Count in a Central Place
§§ 15290
Chapter 4 - Official Canvass
§§ 15300-15377
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 15300-15307
Article 2 - Processing Vote by Mail Ballots and Mail Ballot Precinct Ballots
§§ 15320-15321
Article 3 - Processing Write-In Votes
§§ 15340-15342.5
Article 4 - Processing and Counting Provisional Ballots
§§ 15350
Article 5 - One Percent Manual Tally
§§ 15360
Article 6 - Ballot Security and Reporting of Results
§§ 15370-15377
Chapter 5 - Announcement of Results
§§ 15400-15402
Chapter 6 - Determination of Elected or Nominated Candidates
§§ 15450-15490
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 15450-15452
Article 2 - Democratic Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate
§§ 15460
Article 3 - Republican Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate
§§ 15470
Article 4 - American Independent Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate
§§ 15480
Article 5 - Peace and Freedom Central Committee Conditions for Election of Candidate
§§ 15490
Chapter 7 - Duties of the Secretary of State
§§ 15500-15505
Chapter 8 - Disposition of Ballots and Supplies by the Elections Official
§§ 15550-15551
Chapter 8.5 - Postcanvass Risk-Limiting Audit Pilot Program
Chapter 9 - Recount
§§ 15600-15649
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 15600-15601
Article 2 - Elections Official-Ordered Recounts
§§ 15610
Article 3 - Voter-Requested Recounts
§§ 15620-15634
Article 4 - Court-Ordered Recounts
§§ 15640-15642
Article 5 - State-Funded Recounts
§§ 15645-15649
Chapter 10 - Tie Votes
§§ 15650-15673
Article 1 - Elections Other than Primary Elections
§§ 15650-15654
Article 2 - At Primary Elections
§§ 15670-15673
Chapter 11 - Extension of Deadlines
§§ 15700-15702