Indiana § 3-6-5-17 - Reports to election division; contents; publishing election results

§ 3-6-5-17. Reports to election division; contents; publishing election results

Sec. 17. (a) Each county election board shall submit a report to the election division after each primary, special, municipal, and general election describing the activities of the board during the previous year. The board shall include the following in the report:

(1) Information relating to the expenses of office maintenance and elections within the county or political subdivisions within the county.

(2) Any additional information relating to elections that the commission prescribes.

(b) The report described in subsection (a) must be transmitted to the election division using the computerized list under IC 3-7-26.3 not later than fourteen (14) days after each election.

(c) The election division shall send a copy of each report to the office not later than ten (10) days after receiving the report.

(d) At the same time the county election board submits the report under subsection (a), the board shall provide to the election division through a module of the computerized list established under IC 3-7-26.3 the votes cast for each candidate and on each public question in each precinct at the last election preceding the submission of the report.

(e) This subsection applies if the official election results of an election are revised following a recount or election contest conducted under IC 3-12. Each county election board shall provide to the election division through a module of the computerized list established under IC 3-7-26.3 the revised votes cast for each candidate and on each public question in each precinct not later than fourteen (14) days after the certification of the revised election results by a court or the state recount commission.

(f) The election division shall promptly publish election results provided under subsection (d) or (e) on the website maintained by the election division. The election results published under this subsection must be downloadable in a format that can be imported into standard spreadsheet computer software.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-4-5(f).]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.8; P.L.3-1993, SEC.15; P.L.2-1996, SEC.6; P.L.3-1997, SEC.38; P.L.212-2001, SEC.9; P.L.209-2003, SEC.14; P.L.193-2021, SEC.7; P.L.68-2026, SEC.1.