Sec. 34. (a) After completing the canvass of votes under section 33 of this chapter, a town election board shall make out a certificate:

(1) designating each office and public question;

(2) stating the number of votes:

(A) each candidate has received; and

(B) cast for or against each public question; and

(3) declaring:

(A) the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for each office to be elected; and

(B) the local public question approved or rejected if the question was placed on the ballot by the town election board.

     (b) The town election board shall present the certificate to the town clerk-treasurer, who may, upon the request of the candidate or a person entitled to request a recount of the votes cast on a public question, issue a:

(1) certificate of election to each person elected; or

(2) certificate declaring the local public question approved or rejected.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7.6-19(b).]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.94; P.L.4-1991, SEC.57.