§ 3-12-3-11 — Official return of precinct; publication

Indiana § 3-12-3-11

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 12: ASCERTAINING RESULTS OF ELECTIONS
• Ch. 3: Counting Ballot Card Votes

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(a) The return printed by the automatic
tabulating machines, along with the return of votes by absentee and
provisional voters, constitutes the official return of each precinct. Upon
completion of the count, the return is open to the public.
(b) This subsection applies if the votes have been cast on a ballot
card voting system that is not designed to allow the counting and
tabulation of votes by the precinct election board. The circuit court
clerk shall, upon request, furnish to the media in the area the results of
the tabulation.
(c) This subsection applies if the votes have been cast on a ballot
card voting system that is designed to allow the counting and tabulation
of votes by the precinct election board. Upon receiving the certificate
for the media prepared under section 2(c) of this chapter, the circuit
court clerk shall deliver the certificate to any person designated to
receive the certificate by the editors of the newspapers published in the
county or by the managers of the radio and television stations operating
in the county.
(d) If a precinct election board administers more than one (1)
precinct, the precinct election board or circuit court clerk 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 Citation: 3-2-4-5(d).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.44; P.L.3-1987, SEC.353; P.L.1-1993, SEC.13; P.L.126-2002, SEC.88; P.L.230-2005, SEC.57.