§ 15270 Hand-Counted Ballot Elections

Elections Code·California

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This law says it only covers elections where people count the paper ballots by hand.

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•It only matters for elections with hand‑counted ballots.
•If machines count the votes, the law does not apply.
•It is a general rule that applies to every such election.

Example

A small town holds a mayoral election and volunteers sit at tables to count each paper ballot one by one.

Because the ballots are being counted by hand, this law applies to that election.

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§ 15270 Hand-Counted Ballot Elections

This article applies to all elections in which ballots are counted by hand. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1073, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 1999.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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ballots counted by hand elections

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Elections Code. Section 15270.

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