Section 15277 Of Article 5. Manual Vote Count In The Precinct From California Elections Code >> Division 15. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 5.
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. (a) Two of the precinct board members shall each keep a
tally sheet in a form prescribed by the elections official. Each
tally sheet shall contain all of the following:
(1) The name of each candidate being voted for and the specific
office for which each candidate is being voted. The offices shall be
in the same order as on the ballot.
(2) A list of each measure being voted upon.
(3) Sufficient space to permit the tallying of the full vote cast
for each candidate and for and against each measure.
(b) The precinct board members keeping the tally sheets shall
record opposite each name or measure, with pen or indelible pencil,
the number of votes by tallies as the name of each candidate or
measure voted upon is read aloud from the respective ballot.
(c) Immediately upon the completion of the tallies, the precinct
board members keeping the tally shall draw two heavy lines in ink or
indelible pencil from the last tally mark to the end of the line in
which the tallies terminate and initial that line. The total number
of votes counted for each candidate and for and against each measure
shall be recorded on the tally sheets in words and figures.