Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), the state recount commission may allow a petition or cross-petition to be amended at any time upon the terms and conditions that the state recount commission orders.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 3-12-11-7

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
     (b) The commission may not allow a petition or cross-petition to be amended following the deadline for filing a petition or cross-petition under this chapter if the petition or cross-petition as originally filed:

(1) failed to comply with section 3 or section 6 of this chapter; or

(2) was not filed before the deadline specified in section 2 or section 4 of this chapter.

     (c) The commission may not allow a candidate who filed a petition or cross-petition to amend the petition or cross-petition by striking a precinct in which the candidate had desired a recount unless each opposing candidate consents to the amendment.

As added by P.L.7-1986, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.3-1987, SEC.401; P.L.176-1999, SEC.108.