Indiana § 3-12-3-2 - Counted ballot cards; processing
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§ 3-12-3-2. Counted ballot cards; processing
Sec. 2. (a) After the ballot cards have been counted under section 1 of this chapter, the precinct election board shall comply with this section.
(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 inspector shall place all cards that have been cast in the container provided for that purpose and the container shall be sealed by the inspector in the presence of the precinct election board. The inspector and the judge of the opposite political party shall immediately deliver the container, together with the unused, uncounted, and defective cards and returns, to the central counting location or other designated place.
(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. The precinct election board shall:
(1) process the ballot cards with the automatic tabulating machine provided to the precinct, if the vote is not automatically registered by the ballot card voting system;
(2) take the vote as tabulated under subdivision (1) or as automatically registered by the ballot card voting system; and
(3) certify the totals and the ballot count as required under section 1 of this chapter on forms supplied to the precinct for that purpose.
Copies of the totals shall be delivered to each member of the precinct election board. One (1) copy of the vote totals shall be prepared and signed for the news media on the form furnished by the county election board.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-5(b).]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.40; P.L.3-1987, SEC.349; P.L.1-1993, SEC.10.
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Section 3-12-3-2 ("Counted ballot cards; processing") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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