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i ub.l Y 1 - - Gv 1 J r lul lua J tatutub - i 11G r io lua 3tuiutu (2) The county canvassing board shall meet in a building accessible to the public in the county where the election occurred at a time and place to be designated by the supervisor of elections to publicly canvass the absentee electors'ballots as provided for in s.101.68 and provisional ballots as provided by ss.101.048, 101.049, and 101.6925.Provisional ballots cast pursuant to s. 101.049 shall be canvassed in a manner that votes for candidates and issues on those ballots can be segregated from other votes.Public notice of the time and place at which the county canvassing board shall meet to canvass the absentee electors'ballots and provisional ballots shall be given at least 48 hours prior thereto by publication on the supervisor of elections'website and once in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county or,if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county,by posting such notice in at least four conspicuous places in the county.As soon as the absentee electors' ballots and the provisional ballots are canvassed, the board shall proceed to publicly canvass the vote given each candidate,nominee,constitutional amendment,or other measure submitted to the electorate of the county,as shown by the returns then on file in the office of the supervisor of elections. (3) The canvass,except the canvass of absentee electors'returns and the canvass of provisional ballots,shall be made from the returns and certificates of the inspectors as signed and filed by them with the supervisor, and the county canvassing board shall not change the number of votes cast for a candidate,nominee,constitutional amendment,or other measure submitted to the electorate of the county,respectively,in any polling place,as shown by the returns.All returns shall be made to the board on or before 2 a.m.of the day following any primary,general,or other election.If the returns from any precinct are missing,if there are any omissions on the returns from any precinct,or if there is an obvious error on any such returns,the canvassing board shall order a retabulation of the returns from such precinct.Before canvassing such returns,the canvassing board shall examine the tabulation of the ballots cast in such precinct and determine whether the returns correctly reflect the votes cast.If there is a discrepancy between the returns and the tabulation of the ballots cast,the tabulation of the ballots cast shall be presumed correct and such votes shall be canvassed accordingly. (4)(a) The supervisor of elections shall upload into the county's election management system by 7 p.m. on the day before the election the results of all early voting and absentee ballots that have been canvassed and tabulated by the end of the early voting period.Pursuant to ss. 101.5614(9),101.657,and 101.68(2),the tabulation of votes cast or the results of such uploads may not be made public before the close of the polls on election day. (b) The canvassing board shall report all early voting and all tabulated absentee results to the Department of State within 30 minutes after the polls close.Thereafter,the canvassing board shall report,with the exception of provisional ballot results,updated precinct election results to the department at least every 45 minutes until all results are completely reported.The supervisor of elections shall notify the department immediately of any circumstances that do not permit periodic updates as required.Results shall be submitted in a format prescribed by the department. (5) The canvassing board shall submit on forms or in formats provided by the division unofficial returns to the Department of State for each federal,statewide,state,or multicounty office or ballot measure no later than noon on the third day after any primary election and no later than noon on the fourth day after any general or other election.Such returns shall include the canvass of all ballots as required by subsection(2). (6) If the county canvassing board determines that the unofficial returns may contain a counting error in which the vote tabulation system failed to count votes that were properly marked in accordance with the instructions on the ballot,the county canvassing board shall: (a) Correct the error and retabulate the affected ballots with the vote tabulation system;or (b) Request that the Department of State verify the tabulation software.When the Department of State verifies such software,the department shall compare the software used to tabulate the votes with the software filed with the department pursuant to s. 101.5607 and check the election parameters. (7) If the unofficial returns reflect that a candidate for any office was defeated or eliminated by one-half of a percent or less of the votes cast for such office,that a candidate for retention to a judicial office was retained or http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2013/102.141 10/3/2013 45