§ 15501
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(a)Except as to presidential electors, the Secretary of State shall compile the results for all of the following:
(1)All candidates for statewide office.
(2)All candidates for Assembly, State Senate, Congress, State Board of Equalization, Supreme Court, and Courts of Appeal.
(3)All statewide measures.
(b)The Secretary of State shall prepare, certify, and file a statement of the vote from the compiled results no later than the 38th day after the election. The Secretary of State shall post the certified statement of the vote on his or her Internet Web site in a downloadable spreadsheet format that may include, but is not limited to, a comma-separated values file or a tab-separated values file and that is compatible with a spreadsheet software application that is widely used at the time of the posting. The certified statement of the vote shall be posted and maintained on the Secretary of State’s Internet Web site for a period of at least 10 years following the election.
(c)The Secretary of State may gather returns for local elections, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)Candidates for county office.
(2)Candidates for city office.
(3)Candidates for school and district office.
(4)County ballot measures.
(5)City ballot measures.
(6)School and district ballot measures.