California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 7 - Secretary of State
Chapter 4.7 - One Percent Manual Tally
Section 20311 - Definitions

(a) "Ballot" shall have the meaning set forth in Elections Code section 301.

(b) "Chain of Custody" means a process used to track the movement and control of all election materials related to the conduct of a one percent manual tally through its lifecycle by documenting each person and organization who handles the one percent manual tally election materials, the date and time it was collected or transferred, and the purpose of the transfer. A break in the chain of custody refers to a period during which control of the one percent manual tally election materials is uncertain and during which actions taken with the one percent manual tally elections materials are unaccounted for or unconfirmed.

(c) "Election management system" shall have the meaning set forth in Elections Code section 2500.

(d) "Elections official" shall have the meaning set forth in Elections Code section 320.

(e) "One-part manual tally" is the process described in Elections Code section 15360, subdivision (a), paragraph (1).

(f) "One percent manual tally" shall have the meaning set forth in Elections Code section 336.5.

(g) "Public notice" means the release of information to the public through two or more of the following readily available communication channels: a website update, a social media post, an email list mailing, a press release, and a notice posted at a building open to the public. This public notice shall comply with Elections Code section 15360(d).

(h) "Two-part manual tally" is the process described in Elections Code section 15360(a)(2).

(i) "Voting system" shall have the meaning set forth in Elections Code section 362.