(1) Existing law provides that ballots cast in all-mailed ballot elections, as specified, are considered timely cast if they are received by the voter's election official by mail no later than 3 days after election day and additional, specified conditions are satisfied.
This bill would extend the above deadline for mailed ballots to be timely cast to 7 days after election day.
(2) Existing law establishes requirements for the conduct of recount elections, including with respect to the order in which precincts must be recounted, procedures for special recount boards, and notices issued by elections officials with respect to the commencement and results of a recount. If the votes subject to recount were cast or tabulated by a voting system, existing law requires that the voter requesting the recount, for each set of ballots cast or tabulated by a type of voting system, select whether the recount will be conducted manually or by means of the voting system used originally. Existing law allows only one method of recount to be used for all ballots cast or tabulated by the same type of voting system.
This bill would allow a voter requesting a recount to specify the order in which votes are recounted by the batch in which ballots were scanned or, in the case of a recount that involves more than one county, the order in which counties will conduct the recount within the jurisdiction. The bill would prohibit unauthorized access to the voting system in use by the elections office and impose other protections on access to a voter's personal identifying information. The bill would require the requester to reimburse the county for the cost of each member of a recount board, and would set qualifications for an official appointed to supervise a special recount board. The bill would impose specified requirements for notices issued by elections officials. The bill would, if the recount is to be conducted manually and the voting system has the capability to display ballot images, require the voter requesting the recount to select whether the recount will be conducted by use of paper ballots or the official ballot images. If more than one voter requests a recount for the same office or measure and at least one request is for the recount to be conducted by use of paper ballots, the bill would require the county elections official to conduct only a manual recount of the paper ballots, the result of which would be controlling.
(3) By increasing the duties of local elections officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Statutes affected:
AB 930: 2022 ELEC
02/19/25 - Introduced: 2022 ELEC
03/28/25 - Amended Assembly: 3005 ELEC, 3005 ELEC, 4103 ELEC, 4103 ELEC, 8604 ELEC, 8604 ELEC, 12223 ELEC, 12223 ELEC, 12261 ELEC, 12261 ELEC, 15620 ELEC, 15620 ELEC, 15621 ELEC, 15621 ELEC, 15622 ELEC, 15622 ELEC, 15624 ELEC, 15624 ELEC, 15625 ELEC, 15625 ELEC, 15626 ELEC, 15626 ELEC, 15627 ELEC, 15627 ELEC, 15628 ELEC, 15628 ELEC, 15630 ELEC, 15630 ELEC, 15631 ELEC, 15631 ELEC, 15632 ELEC, 15632 ELEC, 15633 ELEC, 15633 ELEC, 2022 ELEC
04/21/25 - Amended Assembly: 3005 ELEC, 4103 ELEC, 8604 ELEC, 12223 ELEC, 12261 ELEC, 15620 ELEC, 15621 ELEC, 15622 ELEC, 15624 ELEC, 15625 ELEC, 15626 ELEC, 15627 ELEC, 15628 ELEC, 15630 ELEC, 15631 ELEC, 15632 ELEC, 15633 ELEC
05/01/25 - Amended Assembly: 4103 ELEC, 15620 ELEC, 15621 ELEC, 15622 ELEC, 15624 ELEC, 15625 ELEC, 15626 ELEC, 15627 ELEC, 15628 ELEC, 15630 ELEC, 15631 ELEC, 15632 ELEC, 15633 ELEC