§ 3-12-11-7 — Amendment of petition or cross-petition

Indiana § 3-12-11-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 12: ASCERTAINING RESULTS OF ELECTIONS
• Ch. 11: Recount and Contest Procedures for Presidential

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c),
the state recount commission may allow a petition or cross-petition to
be amended at any time upon the terms and conditions that the state
recount commission orders.
(b) The commission may not allow a petition or cross-petition to be
amended following the deadline for filing a petition or cross-petition
under this chapter if the petition or cross-petition as originally filed:
(1) failed to comply with section 3 or section 6 of this chapter; or
(2) was not filed before the deadline specified in section 2 or
section 4 of this chapter.
(c) The commission may not allow a candidate who filed a petition
or cross-petition to amend the petition or cross-petition by striking a
precinct in which the candidate had desired a recount unless each
opposing candidate consents to the amendment.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.7-1986, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.401; P.L.176-1999, SEC.108.