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What is your source for the statement that absentee ballots are not counted in CA unless they are needed to determine the output?

I live in Orange County. On numerous times, I have watched the local news on election night and heard reporters at the Registrar's office report that the absentee ballots were being fed into the computers for counting.

Ballots normally have quite a few office positions on them. Do you really think that someone can determine just what ballots are needed for just what office?

Something sounds fishy here. You are saying that a county registrar of voters can take it upon his own to not count ballots. According to what state law would that be legal?

To be honest, I heard the very same thing reported on television news broadcasts a number of times during the 2000 elections and for several days afterward. Whether it is/was true or not I don't know, but it made enough of an impression on me that I decided I will NEVER vote absentee ballot.