Indiana Statutes § 3-12-6-1 Right of recount; local or school board offices
Statute Text
(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.
Source
Pre-1986 Recodification Citations: 3-1-27-1; 3-1-27-2.
History
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 .
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