§ 3-10-7-34 — Certification of vote; certificate of election or of approval or rejection of local public question

Indiana § 3-10-7-34

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 10: PROVISIONS GOVERNING CERTAIN TYPES OF
• Ch. 7: Municipal Elections in Small Towns Located Outside

Text

(a) After completing the canvass of votes
under section 33 of this chapter, a town election board shall make out
a certificate:
(1) designating each office and public question;
(2) stating the number of votes:
(A) each candidate has received; and
(B) cast for or against each public question; and
(3) declaring:
(A) the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for
each office to be elected; and
(B) the local public question approved or rejected if the
question was placed on the ballot by the town election board.
(b) The town election board shall present the certificate to the town
clerk-treasurer, who may, upon the request of the candidate or a person
entitled to request a recount of the votes cast on a public question, issue
a:
(1) certificate of election to each person elected; or
(2) certificate declaring the local public question approved or
rejected.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7.6-19(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.94; P.L.4-1991, SEC.57.