Elections

Responsibilities

The County Clerk-Recorder as the Chief Election Official/Registrar of Voters administers and conducts all federal, state, county, city, school and special district elections. The office is also responsible for:

• Maintaining voter files for the County of Butte
• Promoting and encouraging voter registration; processing and certifying initiative referendum, recall and candidate nomination petitions
• Processing and maintaining election records including candidate filings
• Precinct and district boundary maintenance
• Providing vote by mail balloting services
• Locating voting sites that are accessible to the elderly and disabled voters
• Recruiting, appointing, and training election workers
• Programming/testing ballot count system
• Tally/certification of ballots cast
• Conducts official canvass of the vote and any recounts thereof

The County Clerk-Recorder is also the official filing officer for campaign disclosure and statements of economic interests as provided by state and local laws.