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 […]
3-12-12-15. 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 […]
3-12-12-19. Certificate of Recount Totals
Sec. 19. When a recount is completed by a recount commission appointed under this chapter, the commission shall: (1) make and sign a certificate showing the total number of votes received in the precincts on the public question; (2) state in its certificate whether affirmative or negative votes received the highest number of votes in […]
3-12-12-20. Effect of Recount Certificate
Sec. 20. A recount certificate made under section 19 of this chapter supersedes all previous returns made in any form of the recounted votes. A certified copy of a recount certificate constitutes prima facie evidence of the votes cast on the public question in the precincts in any contest or other proceeding in which there […]
3-12-12-21. Finality of Commission Determination; Appeal
Sec. 21. The determination of a recount commission under section 19 of this chapter is final, although an appeal may be taken to the circuit court, superior court, or probate court that appointed the commission. As added by P.L.10-1988, SEC.181. Amended by P.L.84-2016, SEC.16.
3-12-12-6. Payment of Costs Upon Failure to Provide Cash Deposit
Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to a petitioner if it is determined that the result of the public question is other than what was shown on the face of the election returns. (b) If a cash deposit was not made as required by section 5 of this chapter, the petitioner shall pay […]
3-12-12-22. Multiple County Elections; Differences in Vote Totals; Certificate of Corrected Totals
Sec. 22. (a) This section does not apply to a recount conducted by the state recount commission under section 23 of this chapter. (b) If a recount is made for a public question for which votes were cast in more than one (1) county, each circuit court clerk where the recount was made shall determine […]