Sec. 1. (a) This chapter: (1) is enacted to comply with 52 U.S.C. 21081 by establishing uniform and nondiscriminatory standards to define what will be counted as a vote on a paper ballot; and (2) applies to each precinct where voting is by paper ballot. (b) After the polls have closed, each precinct election board […]
Sec. 10. Upon delivery of the envelope or bag to the circuit court clerk under section 9 of this chapter, the inspector shall take and subscribe an oath before the clerk stating that the inspector: (1) closed and sealed the envelope or bag in the presence of the judges and poll clerks; (2) securely kept […]
Sec. 11. Upon receipt of the envelope or bag under section 9 of this chapter, the envelope or bag shall be placed in a receptacle having two (2) different locks provided by the county executive. The receptacle shall be locked, and one (1) key shall be given to the circuit court clerk and the other […]
Sec. 12. (a) The circuit court clerk shall preserve the receptacle containing the envelope or bag in the clerk’s office for the period required under IC 3-10-1-31.1. However, if the election is contested, then the clerk shall preserve the receptacle containing the envelope or bag as long as the contest is undetermined. During those periods […]
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-25-6 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.3-1987, SEC.570.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-25-6 part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.3-1987, SEC.570.
Sec. 15. Immediately upon completion of the vote count, each precinct election board shall make and sign a certificate for the news media showing the total number of votes received by each candidate and on each public question in the precinct. The inspector and judge of the opposite political party shall deliver the certificate to […]
Sec. 16. To minimize the delay in the counting of the vote, canvassing must begin immediately upon the closing of the polls and continue without interruption until all votes are canvassed and all certificates of the vote required by section 6 of this chapter are completed and delivered to the persons entitled to receive the […]
Sec. 2. During the counting of the votes, the inspector and the judge of the opposite political party from the inspector shall view the ballots as the names of the candidates voted for are read from the ballots. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-25-1(a) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8.
Sec. 3. During the counting of the votes, any member of the precinct election board may protest the counting of any ballot or any part of a ballot. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-25-1(a) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8.
Sec. 4. If a ballot or any part of a ballot is protested, the poll clerks immediately shall write on the back of each protested ballot the word “counted” or the words “not counted”, as appropriate. The clerks then shall officially sign each protested ballot. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-25-1(a) part.] As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8.
Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 1(c) of this chapter, if the polls for more than one (1) precinct are located in the same room, the inspector of a precinct using the room may not begin the vote count procedure until all the polls in the room are officially closed and no more persons […]
Sec. 6. When all votes have been counted, the precinct election board shall prepare a certificate stating the number of votes that each candidate received for each office and the number of votes cast on each public question. The number of votes that each candidate and public question received shall be written in words and […]
Sec. 7. The inspector and the judge of the opposite political party shall deliver the certificates prepared under section 6 of this chapter, the list of voters, and the tally papers to the county election board immediately upon the tabulation of the vote. [Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-5-12 part; 3-1-18-3 part; 3-1-25-2(b), (f) part.] As added […]
Sec. 7.5. (a) This section applies to the counting of federal write-in absentee ballots described in IC 3-11-4-12.5. (b) If a voter writes an abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor variation instead of the correct name of a candidate or political party, that vote shall be counted if the intent of the voter can be determined. […]
Sec. 8. As soon as the ballots have been counted, the inspector shall, in the presence of the judges and poll clerks: (1) place in a strong and stout paper envelope or bag: (A) all ballots, voted and not voted, together with all protested, disputed, and uncounted ballots; (B) the seals of the ballot packages; […]
Sec. 9. The inspector and the judge of the opposite political party shall deliver the envelope or bag prepared under section 8 of this chapter to the circuit court clerk immediately upon tabulation of the votes. The inspector shall notify the clerk of the number of ballots placed in the envelope or bag and the […]
