Inside Elections

Official certification is expected to take place on Tues., Dec. 2 for the Nov. 4 Presidential General Election.  The process, which began the first day after the election, is drawing to a close as staff members put together the final documents necessary for certification.

According to Elections Code 15372, “the elections official shall prepare a certified statement of the results of the election and submit it to the governing body within 28 days of the election or, in the case of school district, community college district, county board of education, or special district elections conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of odd-numbered years, no later than the last Monday before the last Friday of that month.”

The Elections Office cannot certify results for any one jurisdiction before another.  Cities may conduct their own elections, but if they opt to have the County conduct the election services, the election is consolidated and treated as one election for everything on the ballot.

Our teams are finishing up the 1% manual tally, but some staff members are working on the other parts of the certification process which includes creating a Statement of the Vote, Resolution and Memo for the Board of Supervisors, and certification letters to each jurisdiction.

The Statement of the Vote, which contains the official detailed results for the contests on the Nov. 4 ballot, includes a certification page signed by the Chief Elections Officer.  It is distributed to the Board of Supervisors, County Counsel, Central Committees, and the California Secretary of State.

Copies of the Statement of the Vote are available for a nominal fee to the public.  It will also be posted online at www.shapethefuture.org.