§ 15628 Recount Notice Requirements

Not less than one day prior to commencement of the recount, the elections official shall post a notice as to the date and place of the recount and shall notify the following persons of it in person or by any federally regulated overnight mail service: (a) All candidates for any office the votes for which are to be recounted. (b) Authorized representatives of presidential candidates to whom electors are pledged if the votes to be recounted were cast for presidential electors. (c) Proponents of any initiative or referendum or persons filing ballot arguments for or against any initiative, referendum, or measure placed on the ballot by the governing body the votes for which are to be recounted. (d) The Secretary of State in the case of a recount of the votes cast for candidates for any state office, presidential electors, the House of Representatives of the United States, the Senate of the United States, or delegates to a national convention or on any state measure. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 48. Effective January 1, 1999.)