§ 3-12-2-1 — Chapter establishes standards to define vote; ballot counting procedures

(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 shall
count the paper ballot votes for each candidate for each office and on
each public question. The ballots shall be counted by laying each ballot
upon a table in the order in which it is taken from the ballot box.
(c) If a precinct election board administers more than one (1)
precinct, the board shall keep the ballots cast in each precinct separate
from ballots cast in any other precinct, so that the votes cast for each
candidate and on each public question in each of the precincts
administered by the board may be determined.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-18-3 part;
3-1-25-1(a) part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.339; P.L.10-1988, SEC.123; P.L.3-1995, SEC.119; P.L.209-2003, SEC.181; P.L.230-2005, SEC.56; P.L.128-2015, SEC.208; P.L.278-2019, SEC.141.