Sec. 3. (a) When paper vote total printouts have been obtained, the precinct election board shall prepare certificates stating the number of votes that each candidate received for each office and the votes on each public question by attaching the paper vote total printouts to certificate forms supplied by the county election board.

     (b) Each member of the board shall be given a copy of the certificate.

     (c) If a precinct election board administers more than one (1) precinct, the board shall keep the ballots cast in each precinct separate from ballots cast in any other precinct, so that the votes cast for each candidate and on each public question in each of the precincts administered by the board may be determined.

     (d) If a precinct or vote center uses a direct record electronic voting system that contains a voter verifiable paper audit trail, the election board is not required to print out the paper audit trail in preparing the certificates setting forth the number of votes prepared under subsection (a).

     (e) The certificates prepared under subsection (a) set forth the official votes cast by the voters for a candidate or on a public question by the voters of the precinct. However, in a recount or contest proceeding under IC 3-12-6, IC 3-12-8, IC 3-12-11, or IC 3-12-12, the information set forth on the voter verifiable paper audit trail may be used as evidence for a recount commission or a court to determine the votes cast for a candidate or on a public question in the precinct.

As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.356. Amended by P.L.230-2005, SEC.58; P.L.135-2020, SEC.9.