Official canvass: one-percent manual tally.

Existing law requires an elections official, during the official canvass of an election in which a voting system is used, to conduct a public manual tally of the ballots cast in 1% of the precincts chosen at random by the elections official, as specified. In addition to the 1% manual tally, existing law requires the elections official, for each race not included in the initial group of precincts, to count one additional precinct and authorizes the elections official, at his or her discretion, to select additional precincts for the manual tally. This bill would prohibit the elections official from randomly choosing the initial precincts or selecting an additional precinct for the manual tally until after the close of the polls on election day.