California Elections Code 19275 – (a) For each statewide election, the Secretary of State shall …
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(a) For each statewide election, the Secretary of State shall conduct parallel monitoring of each direct recording electronic voting system on which ballots will be cast. This section shall only apply to precincts that have more than one direct recording electronic voting system.
(b) The results of the parallel monitoring shall be made available prior to the certification of the election.
Terms Used In California Elections Code 19275
- Direct recording electronic voting system: means a voting system that records a vote electronically and does not require or permit the voter to record his or her vote directly onto a tangible ballot. See California Elections Code 19271
- Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
- Parallel monitoring: means the testing of a randomly selected sampling of voting equipment on election day designed to simulate actual election conditions to confirm that the system is registering votes accurately. See California Elections Code 19271
- Voting system: means a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software, or any combination of these used for casting a ballot, tabulating votes, or both. See California Elections Code 362
(Added by renumbering Section 19255 by Stats. 2013, Ch. 602, Sec. 71. (SB 360) Effective January 1, 2014.)