{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-3-12-11-18","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 3-12-11-18","heading":"Certification of recount results; final determination of candidate eligibility; special election order","body":"Sec. 18. (a) When a recount is completed by the state recount commission or its designee, the commission shall:\n(1) make and sign a certificate showing the total number of votes received in the precincts by each candidate for nomination or election to the office;\n(2) state in its certificate the candidate who received the highest number of votes in the precincts for nomination or election to the office and by what plurality; and\n(3) file its certificate with the election division.\n(b) When a contest proceeding in which a candidate is alleged to be ineligible is completed by the state recount commission or its designee, the commission shall make a final determination concerning the eligibility of the candidate for nomination or election to the office.\n(c) If the state recount commission or its designee determines that:\n(1) a mistake was made in the printing or distribution of ballots used in the election;\n(2) a mistake was made in the programming of an electronic voting system;\n(3) an electronic voting system malfunctioned; or\n(4) a deliberate act or series of actions occurred;\nthat makes it impossible to determine which candidate received the highest number of votes cast, the commission shall order that a special election be conducted under IC 3-10-8.\n(d) The special election ordered under subsection (c) shall be held in the precincts identified in the petition in which the commission determines that:\n(1) ballots containing the printing mistake or distributed by mistake were cast;\n(2) a mistake occurred in the programming of an electronic voting system;\n(3) an electronic voting system malfunctioned; or\n(4) a deliberate act or series of actions occurred.","path":["TITLE 3. ELECTIONS","ARTICLE 12. ASCERTAINING RESULTS OF ELECTIONS","Chapter 11. Recount and Contest Procedures for Presidential Primary Elections and Nomination for and Election to Federal, State, and Legislative Offices"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_3.html#3-12-11-18","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-08T08:01:41Z","sha256":"b0baa725f34b499e71e88217c1aae9b6d2f35279598ee5113a1651cc7ad9afa8","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-3-12-11-17.7","next":"us-in/ic-3-12-11-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}