Sec. 1. (a) Any voter who satisfies both of the following is entitled to have the votes cast on a public question on the ballot in that election district recounted under this chapter: (1) The voter is a voter in the election district where the public question was on the ballot at the election. (2) […]
Sec. 1.5. This chapter 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, an optical scan voting system, or an electronic voting system in a recount conducted under this chapter. As added by P.L.209-2003, SEC.191. Amended by […]
Sec. 1.7. As used in this chapter, “petitioner” refers to the individual voter whose name is listed first on the petition filed under section 2 of this chapter. As added by P.L.76-2014, SEC.57.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sec. 2. A voter who desires a recount under this chapter must file a verified petition no later than noon fourteen (14) days after election day. The petition must be filed: (1) in the circuit court, superior court, or probate court of each county in which is located a precinct in which the voter desires […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Sec. 23. (a) This section applies to a recount of: (1) a public question concerning the ratification of a state constitutional amendment or the retention of a justice of the Indiana supreme court, a judge of the Indiana court of appeals, or the judge of the Indiana tax court; or (2) another public question voted […]
As added by P.L.10-1988, SEC.181. Repealed by P.L.4-1991, SEC.147.
Sec. 25. If a recount is made for a public question on which votes were cast only in a single county, the circuit court clerk shall determine whether the votes shown by the recount certificate differ from the votes that were tabulated by the county election board. If the circuit court clerk finds that there […]
