§ 3-12-3.5-3 — Certificates of vote result; use of verifiable paper audit trail

Indiana § 3-12-3.5-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 12: ASCERTAINING RESULTS OF ELECTIONS
• Ch. 3.5: Counting of Electronic Voting System Votes

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(a) When paper vote total printouts have been
obtained, the precinct election board shall prepare certificates stating
the number of votes that each candidate received for each office and
the votes on each public question by attaching the paper vote total
printouts to certificate forms supplied by the county election board.
(b) Each member of the board shall be given a copy of the
certificate.
(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.
(d) If a precinct or vote center uses a direct record electronic voting
system that contains a voter verifiable paper audit trail, the election
board is not required to print out the paper audit trail in preparing the
certificates setting forth the number of votes prepared under subsection
(a).
(e) The certificates prepared under subsection (a) set forth the
official votes cast by the voters for a candidate or on a public question
by the voters of the precinct. However, in a recount or contest
proceeding under IC 3-12-6, IC 3-12-8, IC 3-12-11, or IC 3-12-12, the
information set forth on the voter verifiable paper audit trail may be
used as evidence for a recount commission or a court to determine the
votes cast for a candidate or on a public question in the precinct.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.356. Amended by P.L.230-2005, SEC.58; P.L.135-2020, SEC.9.