Indiana § 3-12-6-1 - Right of recount; local or school board offices
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§ 3-12-6-1. Right of recount; local or school board offices
Sec. 1. (a) Any candidate for nomination or election to a local or school board office is entitled to have the votes cast for that office recounted under this chapter.
(b) If a candidate who is entitled to have the votes recounted under this chapter does not file a petition within the period established by section 2 of this chapter, the county chairman of a political party in the precinct in which the recount is desired may file a petition to have the votes recounted. A county chairman is entitled to have the votes recounted only in a partisan race.
(c) The right of recount may be exercised for one (1) or more of the precincts in which votes were cast for the office.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-27-1; 3-1-27-2.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.7-1986, SEC.5; P.L.10-1988, SEC.133; P.L.4-1996, SEC.73.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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