California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 7 - Secretary of State
Chapter 4.8 - Recounts
Article 2 - Recount of Votes Cast on Ballot Cards or Paper Ballots and Originally Tabulated Automatically
Section 20371 - Manual Recounts Generally

(a) One of the four special recount board members shall read the ballot and call out the vote cast for the contest subject to recount on that ballot; one shall observe that the correct call was made, and two members shall each separately and independently record the votes as called out.

(b) Prior to beginning the actual manual recount, the elections official shall instruct all members of the special recount boards, requestor, interested parties, representatives and observers on the procedures to be followed for the recount and shall provide them with copies of these recount regulations, any local documentation concerning recount procedure, and documentation on how to interpret and read the votes cast on the ballot, consistent with federal and state law and Chapter 4.5 of these regulations. The instructions and documentation shall include a statement that in the event of a challenge, the determination of the elections official shall be final.

(c) Vote-by-mail and early-voted ballots cast from a precinct subject to recount shall be tabulated separately from ballots cast in a polling place on election day.