Section 3-12-6-1 - Right of recount; local or school board offices(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.