NOTICE OF CENTRAL COUNT ACCUMULATION, COMMENCEMENT OF VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT PROCESSING AND THE 1% MANUAL TALLY

 

As per Elections Code 12109, notice is hereby given that at the Congressional District 20 Special General Election to be held on May 21, 2024, all voted ballots will be counted on a Dominion Precinct Ballot Tabulator voting unit at each polling location, and the results will be accumulated at the Tulare County Registrar of Voters Office after the polls close on Election Day.  All valid Vote by Mail, Provisional and Conditional Voter Registration Ballots will be counted at a central location on a Dominion ImageCast Central Scanner tabulation machine and not at a polling location. That central location will be at the Tulare County Registrar of Voters Office located at 5300 W. Tulare Avenue, Suite 105, Visalia, California.

 

The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.

 

As per Elections Code 15104, the Registrar of Voters also hereby notifies all interested organizations that the process of verifying of signatures, opening and flattening and central count accumulation of Vote by Mail ballots cast for the Congressional District 20 Special General Election will commence on April 22, 2024, in the County Registrar of Voters Office, 5300 W. Tulare Avenue, Suite 105, Visalia, California.  This process will continue until all election results are tabulated and the election is certified.

 

The processing of Vote by Mail ballot return envelopes, and the processing and counting of Vote by Mail ballots, shall be open to the public, both prior to and after the election.

 

Any member of the County Grand Jury, and one member each of the Republican County Central Committee, the Democratic County Central Committee, and any other party with a candidate on the ballot, and any other interested organization, shall be permitted to observe and challenge the manner in which the Vote by Mail voter ballots are processed from the opening through the counting and disposition of the ballots.

 

Notice is further given that the batches for the manual 1% tally will be randomly selected on May 23, 2024, at the Tulare County Registrar of Voters Office, 5300 W. Tulare Avenue, Suite 105, Visalia, California. The 1% manual tally of selected batches will begin on May 28, 2024.

 

To register as an observer, call the Registrar of Voters Office at: (559) 839-2100.

 

Dated: April 15, 2024

 

MICHELLE BALDWIN

REGISTRAR OF VOTERS

 

By:                                          ,

Daniel Gutierrez, Deputy Election Clerk

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