(a) The elections official shall prepare a certified statement of the results of the election and submit it to the governing body within 30 days of the election or, in the case of school district, community college district, county board of education, or special district elections conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of odd-numbered years, no later than the last Monday before the last Friday of that month.
(b) The elections official shall post the certified statement of the results of the election on the elections official’s internet website in a downloadable spreadsheet format that may include, but is not limited to, a comma-separated values file or a tab-separated values file and that is compatible with a spreadsheet software application that is widely used at the time of the posting. The certified statement of the election results shall be posted and maintained on the elections official’s internet website for at least 10 years following the election. This subdivision shall apply only to an elections official who uses a computer system that has the capability of producing the election results in a downloadable spreadsheet format without requiring modification of the computer system.
(c) The duties imposed on elections officials pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) are ministerial and nondiscretionary.
(d) If the elections official fails to prepare a certified statement of the results of the election as specified in subdivision (a), the Secretary of State shall call the violation to the attention of the district attorney of the county or to the Attorney General and may assist the county elections official in discharging the officer’s duties, consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 12172.5 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 238, Sec. 3. (SB 851) Effective October 1, 2025.)