(a) The members of the precinct board shall account for the ballots delivered to them by returning a sufficient number of unused ballots to make up, when added to the number of official ballots cast and the number of spoiled and canceled ballots returned, the number of ballots given to them. The accounting of ballots may either:

(1) Take place at the polling place.

Terms Used In California Elections Code 14405

  • Elections official: means any of the following:

    California Elections Code 320

  • Polling place: means a location where a voter casts a ballot and includes the following terms, as applicable: poll, polling location, and vote center. See California Elections Code 338.5
  • Precinct: means a geographical area within a county that is made up of voters and is formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12200) of Division 12. See California Elections Code 338.6
  • precinct board: means the board appointed by the elections official to serve at a vote center. See California Elections Code 339
  • Roster: means the official list of voters for an election, which may be in paper or electronic form. See California Elections Code 349.5

(2) Be performed by the county elections official at the central counting place.

(b) The precinct board shall complete the roster as required in Section 14107, and shall also complete and sign the certificate of performance prescribed in Section 15280, if that section applies.

(c) This section does not apply to elections conducted using vote centers.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 67. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)

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