Bill > SB29

This bill modifies election laws to allow vote-by-mail ballots to be counted if they are received by the elections official up to three days after election day, provided they are postmarked or date-stamped by a mail delivery service on or before election day, or if the return envelope is date-stamped by the elections official and the voter signed and dated it on or before election day. It also permits election officials to begin processing vote-by-mail ballot return envelopes 29 days before an election and to start processing the ballots themselves on the 10th business day before the election for jurisdictions with the necessary computer capabilities, though no vote counts can be released until polls close on election day. Additionally, the bill requires election officials to prepare and submit a certified statement of election results within 30 days of the election and to post these results on their website in a downloadable spreadsheet format for at least 10 years, provided their computer systems can produce this format without modification. Finally, it allows counties to use existing election materials until their supplies are exhausted and includes provisions for how this bill's changes to Section 15101 of the Elections Code will interact with another proposed bill, Assembly Bill 2530.