Elections: official canvass.
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Overview
This bill changes the timeline and requirements for how local elections officials must report election results. It mandates that they post updated results on their website at least twice per week, rather than once, and reduces the timeframe for completing the official canvass and submitting results to the Secretary of State. The bill also requires officials to count and report on a larger percentage of ballots within the first week and fourteen days of an election, ensuring faster updates to the public.
Key provisions
- Increases the frequency of election result postings on local government websites to at least twice per week.
- Shortens the deadline for completing the official canvass and submitting results to the Secretary of State to 21 and 22 days, respectively.
- Requires officials to count and report on at least 25% of ballots by the 7th calendar day and 67% by the 14th calendar day after the election.
- Specifies the information that must be included in the updated election results postings.
- Requires elections officials to provide dates for future result postings by the close of polls.
- Clarifies the process for stopping result postings when a certified statement of results is published or only vote-by-mail ballots remain to be counted.
- Updates the requirements for submitting election results to the Secretary of State, including electronic format and data format.
- Provides for state reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for costs associated with the bill’s mandates.
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