Article 5. Canvass of California Water Code >> Division 14. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 5.

The board shall meet at its usual place of meeting on the first Monday after each election to canvass the returns.

If at the time of meeting the returns from each precinct in the district in which the polls were opened have been received, the board shall then and there proceed to canvass the returns. If all the returns have not been received, the canvass shall be postponed from day to day until all the returns have been received, or until six postponements have been had.

The canvass shall be made in public and by opening the returns and ascertaining the vote of the district for each person voted for, and declaring the result.