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a. Receive a verbal report update to Board Referral No. 2022.17 (referring Supervisor, Chris Lopez), which sought to have staff bring forward findings related to potential actions to facilitate the recount process; and
b. Provide further direction, as appropriate.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a verbal report update to Board Referral No. 2022.17 (referring Supervisor, Chris Lopez), which sought to have staff bring forward findings related to potential actions to facilitate the recount process; and
b. Provide further direction, as appropriate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Board Referral 2022.17 seeks to have the Elections Department analyze and implement recommendations to facilitate the recount process.
The County of Monterey is a general law county, as such, the Elections Department follows California Elections Code and the California Code of Regulations in determining the recount process and in estimating costs for a recount.
California Elections Code section 15620 (a) requires that a written request be filed with the elections official. Due to the potential number of variables involved in a recount, costs are estimated on a case-by-case basis. The initial estimation is based on information provided from the requester or the requester's appointed representative after an official written request is provided specifying the nature of the recount. Actual costs are summed daily during the recount process and will vary from the estimation.
California Code of Regulations provide that "all actual costs of the recount that would not have been incurred but for the requestor's particular recount request (which) shall be directly recoverable from the requestor and may include, but are not limited to, additional supervision hours, security guard hours, the elections official's staff hours, space rental, transportation of ballots and materials and administrative costs." (CCR Title 2, Div.7, Chpt. 8, Art 1, 20815).
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