Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The elections official conducting an RLA
shall report the results of the audit in the certification of the official
canvass of the vote specified by Section
15372 of
the Elections Code. The report shall contain the following:
(1) The type of RLA conducted (e.g. ballot
comparison, ballot polling, batch comparison, or hybrid);
(2) The date and time the RLA commenced and
finished, and the number of rounds of sampling;
(3) A list of contests audited, with final
reported results for those contests and the final measured risk for each
contest;
(4) A link to the website
where the ballot manifest can be found;
(5) The random seed(s) the elections official
generated for use with the RLA software tool, and when and how the random
seed(s) was generated;
(6) Any
inconsistencies between the number of ballot cards and the number of cast vote
records, or inconsistencies in the data reported by RLA software tool,
and--when possible--the reason(s) for those inconsistencies.
(7) The number of ballot card(s) examined for
each contest under audit, noting whether a full manual tally was conducted. If
the audit was conducted in stages or continued beyond the first sample, a
description of how the sample was drawn and the number of ballot card(s)
selected at each stage.
(8) Notes
regarding any ballot card(s) for which the audit board could not determine the
voter's intent, as described in subdivision (c) of section
20123;
(9) A link to the website where the list of
the particular ballot card(s) examined can be found;
(10) For ballot-level comparison audits:
(A) The number of discrepancies between
ballot card(s) and the cast vote record, and a description of each discrepancy;
and
(B) A link to the website where
the cast vote record file only for the ballot card(s) examined in the audit can
be found;
(11) For batch
comparison audits, discrepancies between batches and batch totals, and a
description of each discrepancy;
(12) For opportunistic reviews of contests
not subject to audit, as described in Section
20114, a list of contests reviewed
and the result of the reviews.
(13)
The person-hours required to prepare for the audit, and number of people
involved;
(14) The person-hours
required to conduct the audit, and number of people involved;
(15) The number of members of the public who
observed the audit;
(16) Notes on
anything unusual or problematic, or that would be useful to improve the
process, or that might be of value to the Secretary of State or other elections
officials; and
(17) An attestation
from the elections official that the RLA was conducted in accordance with Title
2, Division 7, Chapter 2 of the California Code of
Regulations.
(b) The
certification of the official canvass of the vote shall be conducted in
accordance with Section
15372 of
the Elections Code.
(c) The
Secretary of State shall publish any report under this section received from an
elections official on its website no later than five days after the date it
publishes the certification of the official canvass of the vote in accordance
with Section
15372 of
the Elections Code. This subdivision shall not prohibit the elections official
from publishing the same report on its website.
1. New section
filed 3-5-2020; operative 3-5-2020 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2020, No. 10).
2. Governor Newsom issued Executive Order
N-34-20 (2019 CA EO 34-20), dated March 20, 2020, which extended certain
deadlines relating to the presidential primary and special general elections,
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
12-9-2021; operative 12-9-2021 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2021, No. 50).
Note: Authority cited: Section
12172.5,
Government Code; and Section
15367,
Elections Code. Reference: Section
15367,
Elections Code.
