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Primary Election Returns—Seventh Day After the Election—Section 102.112(2),FS. • Submit official returns by 5 p.m. on the 7th day following any primary to the Department of State whenever a state or federal office appears on the ballot. o Include a certification that the board has compared the number of persons who voted �.. with the number of ballots counted. o File the report on the Conduct of the Election o Follow the procedure in Section 100.181, FS. Tenth Day after Certain Elections—Consent Decree and Rule 1S-2.013,FAC. • Canvass absentee ballots received from overseas after Election Day but received no later than 10 days after a general election or presidential primary. o Canvass absentee ballot over federal write-in ballot if both received. o. On absentee/federal write-in absentee ballots received after 7 p.m.on elections day, count only votes cast for federal races (if otherwise valid)up until 10 days after the election. o Include in county's tally and incorporate any valid votes into the final results. (Based on 1982 Consent Decree incorporated into—(Rule l 5-2.013, FAC). General Election Returns—Twelfth Day After the Election—Section 102.112(2),FS. • Submit returns by noon on the 12th day following the general election (and Presidential Preference Primary)whenever a state or federal race appears on the ballot. o Must contain a certification that the board has compared the number of persons who voted with the number of ballots counted. o Must certify in returns all valid votes cast in the election. o Must file the Report on the Conduct of the Election. Post Election Audit of Voting System Section 101.591 FS and Rule 15-5.026,FAC. • Conduct immediately post-election certification a manual audit of the voting systems used in randomly selected precincts. • Must consist of a public manual tally of the votes cast in one randomly selected race that appears on the ballot. • Post a notice of the audit, including the date,time and place. • Complete the audit and make the results public no later than 11:59 pm on the 7th day following certification of the election. • Report within 15 days after completion of the audit,the audit results in a format prescribed by the department of State in Rule 1 S-5.026,FAC. • No audit is required if a manual recount was undertaken pursuant to section 102.166 and l 01.591(6),FS. r 2012 FSASE CANVASSING BOARD MANUAL PAGE 4 43