3-12-12-26. Local Public Questions; Recounts; Transmittal of Certificate of Corrected Totals; Certificate of Approval or Rejection
Sec. 26. (a) This section applies to a recount of votes cast on a local public question. (b) The circuit court clerk shall transmit the certificate prepared under section 22 or 25 of this chapter to the county election board of the county having the greatest percentage of population of the election district voting on […]
3-12-12-10. Consolidated Petitions and Orders
Sec. 10. If there is a consolidation of petitions, the court shall by consolidated order grant the consolidated petitions and order a consolidated recount of all votes on the public question in all precincts in the counties requested in the petitions. As added by P.L.10-1988, SEC.181.
3-12-12-11. Recount Commission; Membership
Sec. 11. (a) A recount commission consists of three (3) persons. (b) Two (2) members of the commission must be voters who: (1) are members of different major political parties of the state; and (2) were qualified to vote at the election in a county in which the election district that voted on the public […]
3-12-12-12. Compensation of Commission Members
Sec. 12. Each member of a recount commission is entitled to a per diem not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each day actually engaged in making the recount. The judge of the court having jurisdiction over the recount shall fix the compensation paid under this section. As added by P.L.10-1988, SEC.181. Amended by […]
3-12-12-13. Sending Copy of Recount Order
Sec. 13. On the day when the order of a recount is made and entered by the court, the circuit court clerk shall send a certified copy of the order by certified mail to the petitioner at the address stated in the petition. The clerk shall charge the cost of mailing the order to each […]
3-12-12-14. Impoundment and Protection of Voting Equipment and Materials
Sec. 14. (a) A court ordering a recount under this chapter shall by order impound and provide for the protection of the following: (1) All ballots and electronic voting systems used at the election for casting votes in the precincts. (2) All tally sheets relating to the votes cast on the public question. (3) All […]
3-12-12-15. Copies of Impounded Materials
Sec. 15. A circuit court clerk or board of registration may use a copy made under section 14 of this chapter instead of an original subject to an impoundment order under that section until the court orders the release of the original. As added by P.L.10-1988, SEC.181.
3-12-12-16. Access to Impounded Materials
Sec. 16. A court acting under section 14 of this chapter shall make the ballots, electronic voting systems, tally sheets, and poll lists available to the recount commission appointed under this chapter. As added by P.L.10-1988, SEC.181. Amended by P.L.221-2005, SEC.133.
3-12-12-17. Recount by Commission; Watchers
Sec. 17. (a) After a recount is ordered under section 9 of this chapter, the recount commission shall convene at a place fixed by order of the court and expeditiously complete the recount of all votes ordered recounted. (b) The petitioner may designate a watcher to be present at the recount and may also be […]
3-12-12-18. Manual Recount Request; Withdrawal
Sec. 18. (a) A petition filed under this chapter may request that ballot cards in specified precincts that used a ballot card voting system be counted manually. If a petition includes such a request, the recount commission may not use automatic tabulating machines to count ballot cards in the specified precincts. Ballot cards in those […]