§ 15370 Ballot Sealing After Count

This law says once the votes are counted and the ballot boxes are sealed, nobody can open them again unless a recount is happening or the rules in Sections 15303 or 15304 say it’s okay.

Key Takeaways

•Ballots stay sealed after they’re counted.
•Only a recount or specific rules in Sections 15303/15304 let anyone open them.
•The elections official must follow this and can’t let anyone else open the ballots.

Example

After an election, a city clerk tries to look at the sealed ballot boxes to see who voted for a certain candidate.

The clerk isn’t allowed to open the boxes because the law says they stay closed unless there’s an official recount or a special rule in Sections 15303 or 15304 says otherwise.

After ballots are counted and sealed, the elections official may not open any ballots nor permit any ballots to be opened except as permitted in Sections 15303 and 15304, or in the event of a recount. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1999.)

This law says once the votes are counted and the ballot boxes are sealed, nobody can open them again unless a recount is happening or the rules in Sections 15303 or 15304 say it’s okay.

Key Takeaways

•Ballots stay sealed after they’re counted.
•Only a recount or specific rules in Sections 15303/15304 let anyone open them.
•The elections official must follow this and can’t let anyone else open the ballots.

Example

After an election, a city clerk tries to look at the sealed ballot boxes to see who voted for a certain candidate.

The clerk isn’t allowed to open the boxes because the law says they stay closed unless there’s an official recount or a special rule in Sections 15303 or 15304 says otherwise.

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