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These same tests are run after the count is finished. Official Observers are solicited from the <?xml namespace="" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" prefix="st1" ?> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Grand Jury</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> , the League of Women Voters, media and the political parties, city clerks and civic organizations. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <?xml namespace="" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" prefix="o" ?> <o:p></o:p> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify"> <u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> Vote by mail ballots</span></u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> received <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">prior to Election Day</b> are fed through readers and totals are stored until the polls close at <st1:time hour="20" minute="0" w:st="on">8:00 p.m.</st1:time> on Election Day. At that time, the first bulletin is created and released ). (approximately <st1:time hour="20" minute="15" w:st="on">8:15 to 8:30 p.m.</st1:time> ). No additional vote by mail ballots are counted on election night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> <o:p></o:p> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <o:p>&nbsp;</o:p> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify"> <u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> Polling place ballots</span></u><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> are counted at the Registrar of Voters on election night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Counting will continue until all polling place ballots are counted.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBlockText" style="margin: auto 0in; text-align: justify"> <u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Mail Ballots</span></u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> - Pursuant to Election Code 3005, Mail Ballot Precincts are for remote areas, or areas that have jurisdictional boundaries requiring a unique ballot and that have less than 250 voters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Voters who are assigned to mail ballot precincts receive a ballot in the mail 29 days before the election.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Mail ballots are processed in the same manner as Vote by Mail (absentee) ballots.</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBlockText" style="margin: auto 0in; text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Precincts with zero voters will be added to the precincts counted total at the end of ballot counting; however, vote totals will <b><i>not</i></b> change.</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">The following ballots are not included in the election night totals. Once eligibility is determined, these ballots are added to the election results. The ballot types added during Official Canvass include:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <o:p>&nbsp;</o:p> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; tab-stops: .5in"> <b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> Vote by Mail Ballots</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> returned on Election Day to our office and/or dropped off at polling locations. These ballots do not arrive in sufficient time to be individually signature-verified, opened and prepared for tabulation on election night.<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; tab-stops: .5in"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <o:p>&nbsp;</o:p> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; tab-stops: .5in"> <b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> Damaged Ballots </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">or those ballots marked in such as way that<b> </b></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">they are unable to be processed through the election tally system and, therefore, must be manually duplicated prior to tabulation.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <br /> <b>Provisional Ballots and Fail-Safe Ballots</b> issued at the various polling places on election day must be individually researched to determine their eligibility. Provisional ballots are issued at polling locations when a person's voter registration cannot immediately be verified.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <o:p>&nbsp;</o:p> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; tab-stops: .5in"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> </span>During the canvass period each provisional ballot is researched to determine the voter s eligibility and verify the signature. In a major election there may be as many as 40,000 ballots involved. After the determination is made and if the voter is qualified to vote, their ballots are added to the overall total for the election.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <br /> <b>Write-In Votes</b> must be individually reviewed to determine if the write-in vote is for a qualified or unqualified write-in candidate (a "qualified" candidate is one that has met the legal requirements to run for office and has filed a statement of write-in candidacy with the appropriate elections office). Write-in ballots must also be checked to verify whether or not the voter also voted for a candidate listed on the ballot for the same office.</span> </span></span></P></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td class="boldtype" valign="top" width="24" background="../images/border_right_bg.gif"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="24" height="10"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" height="5"> <img src="../images/search_separator_left.gif" alt="" longdesc="This image displays a graphical element of the page design layout." width="24" height="5"></td> <td background="../images/search_separator.gif" colspan="2" height="5"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="550" height="5" alt="" longdesc="This is an image used to add spacing to the page layout."></td> <td align="right" height="5"> <img src="../images/search_separator_right.gif" alt="" longdesc="This image displays a graphical element of the page design layout." width="24" height="5"></td> </tr> <tr> <td background="../images/corner_bl_bg.gif" valign="bottom"> <img src="../images/corner_bl.gif" alt="" longdesc="This image displays a graphical element of the page design layout." width="24" height="42"></td> <td bgcolor="#980000" align="center" class="boldtypewhite" valign="middle" colspan="2"><a href="../default.asp"><font color="#ffffff">ROV Home</font></a> | <a href="contactrov.htm"><font color="#ffffff">Contact ROV</font></a> | <a href="http://www.ss.ca.gov/"><font color="#FFFFFF">State Election Information</font></a> | <a href="http://www.fppc.ca.gov/"><font color="#FFFFFF">Fair Political Practices Commission</font></a> | <a href="http://www.sbcounty.gov/"><font color="#FFFFFF">Return to County Home</font></a></td> <td background="../images/corner_br_bg.gif" valign="bottom"> <img src="../images/corner_br.gif" alt="" longdesc="This image displays a graphical element of the page design layout." width="24" height="42"></td> </tr> </table> <br> <br> <map name="Map"> <area shape="rect" coords="23,40,309,98" href="../default.asp" alt="San Bernardino County - Registrar of Voters" title="San Bernardino County - Registrar of Voters"> </map> <map name="Map2"> <area shape="rect" coords="-13,46,41,99" href="../default.asp" alt="San Bernardino County - Registrar of Voters" title="San Bernardino County - Registrar of Voters"> </map> </body> <!-- #EndTemplate --></html>