Section 335.5 Of Chapter 4. Definitions From California Elections Code >> Division 0.5. >> Chapter 4.
335.5
. The "official canvass" is the public process of processing
and tallying all ballots received in an election, including, but not
limited to, provisional ballots and vote by mail ballots not included
in the semifinal official canvass. The official canvass also
includes the process of reconciling ballots, attempting to prohibit
duplicate voting by vote by mail and provisional voters, and
performance of the manual tally of 1 percent of all precincts.