Contact: Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
Alternate: Jim Irizarry, Asst. Chief Elections Officer & Asst. Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder

(Redwood City, CA) Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, announced today that on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., the San Mateo County Registration & Elections Division will begin the One Percent Manual Tally of the votes cast in the July 23, 2024 City of Millbrae Special Recall Election.

The One Percent Manual Tally is a legally required election canvassing procedure that takes place after the polls have closed on Election Day. This process ensures the accuracy of the vote before the official results are certified.

The procedure begins with the randomized selection of batches of Vote Center ballots and batches of Vote by Mail ballots. Selection is determined through a dice roll using up to four ten-sided dice and matching the resulting numbers to a corresponding batch.

The One Percent Manual Tally, including the rolling of the dice, is open to the public. The rolling of the dice will be livestreamed on our X page @smcvote. Past observers have rolled the dice to help select the precincts and the batches. 

Election officials will work in teams of four, called a “tally team,” to manually read, call out, record and tally votes by hand. This process will take approximately one day to complete. 

The Chief Elections Officer will then certify and publish the official results no later than August 22, 2024.  The official certified results, known as the Statement of the Vote, will be published on www.smcacre.gov.

The One Percent Manual Tally will be held at the Registration & Elections Division at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo.  Please call 650.312.5222 if you wish to observe the manual tally or to be a part of the process of selecting precincts and the batches. Follow @smcvote on Instagram and X for updates.