California Codes > Elections Code > Division 15 > Chapter 3 > Article 3 – Automated Vote Count in Precincts
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- candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
- County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
- Department: means the Department of Human Resources. See California Government Code 19815
- Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
- Elections official: means any of the following:
California Elections Code 320
- Measure: means any constitutional amendment or other proposition submitted to a popular vote at any election. See California Elections Code 329
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
- 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
- Vote center: means a location established for holding elections that offers the services described in Sections 2170 and 4005. See California Elections Code 357.5
- Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359
- Voting machine: means any electronic device, including, but not limited to, a precinct optical scanner and a direct recording voting system, into which a voter may enter his or her votes, and which, by means of electronic tabulation and generation of printouts or other tangible, human-readable records, furnishes a total of the number of votes cast for each candidate and for or against each measure. See California Elections Code 361