California Elections Code 19361 – The keys to the voting machines shall be delivered to the precinct …
The keys to the voting machines shall be delivered to the precinct board no later than 12 hours before the opening of the polls. They shall be in an envelope upon which is written the designation and location of the election precinct, the number of the voting machine, the number on the seal, and the number registered on the protective counter. The precinct board member receiving the key shall sign a receipt.
The envelope shall not be opened until at least two members of the precinct board are present to determine that the envelope has not been opened.
Terms Used In California Elections Code 19361
- Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
- Precinct: means a geographical area within a county that is made up of voters and is formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12200) of Division 12. See California Elections Code 338.6
- precinct board: means the board appointed by the elections official to serve at a vote center. See California Elections Code 339
- Precinct board member: is a member of the precinct board and includes an election officer. See California Elections Code 339
- Voting machine: means any electronic device, including, but not limited to, a precinct optical scanner and a direct recording voting system, into which a voter may enter his or her votes, and which, by means of electronic tabulation and generation of printouts or other tangible, human-readable records, furnishes a total of the number of votes cast for each candidate and for or against each measure. See California Elections Code 361
At the close of the polls the keys shall be placed in the envelope supplied by the official and the number of the machine, the number of the seal, the number registered on the protective counter, shall be written on the envelope.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)