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Effective Jan 1, 2022Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 100, Sec. 5. (AB 1591) Effective January 1, 2022.
- (a) The following provisions apply to those elections in which candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United States Representative.
(b) The elections official shall preserve the package or packages containing the following items for a period of 22 months:
- (1) Two tally sheets.
- (2) The challenge lists.
- (3) The assisted voters’ list.
- (c) All voters may inspect the contents of the package or packages at all times following commencement of the official canvass of the votes.
- (d) If a contest is not commenced within the 22-month period, or if a criminal prosecution involving fraudulent use, marking, or falsification of ballots, or forgery of vote by mail voters’ signatures is not commenced within the 22-month period, either of which may involve the vote of the precinct from which voted ballots were received, the elections official may have the packages destroyed or recycled.