Amended
IN
Assembly
March 19, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Low |
February 15, 2024 |
Existing law requires the Secretary of State to revise and adopt regulations by January 1, 2018, specifying procedures for recounting ballots, including regulations establishing guidelines for the charges a county elections official may impose when conducting a manual recount.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
(a)The Secretary of State, within the Secretary of State’s existing budget, shall adopt regulations no later than January 1, 2008, for each voting system approved for use in the state and specify the procedures for recounting ballots, including vote by mail and provisional ballots, using those voting systems.
(b)No later than January 1, 2018, the Secretary of State shall revise and adopt regulations specifying procedures for recounting ballots, including regulations establishing guidelines for the charges a county elections official may impose when conducting a manual recount pursuant to this chapter.