Sec. 14. (a) The precinct election board administering an election at a vote center shall keep the ballots cast in each precinct separate from the ballots cast in any other precinct whose election is administered at the vote center, 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 and included on the statement required by Ind. Code § 3-12-4-9.

     (b) This subsection applies to a county having a consolidated city, if either of the following applies to the county:

(1) The county has adopted an order under Ind. Code § 3-7-29-6(a)(1) to use an electronic poll book.

(2) The county is a vote center county under Ind. Code § 3-11-18.1.

The precinct election board administering an election at a vote center shall keep the ballots secure 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 and included on the statement required by Ind. Code § 3-12-4-9. The county election board shall separate the ballots by precinct if a recount is requested.

     (c) This subsection applies:

(1) to a county described under section 12 of this chapter on and after the date absentee ballots are first transmitted to voters; and

(2) to any anomaly or problem, whether due to a technical reason or due to human error with electronic poll book use.

A person that receives a certification for an electronic poll book shall file not later than forty-eight (48) hours after the discovery of an anomaly or problem with the poll book a written report in accordance with Ind. Code § 3-11-17-7.

As added by P.L.1-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.169-2015, SEC.134; P.L.71-2019, SEC.30; P.L.278-2019, SEC.119.