§ Ind. Code § 3-12-3.5-8"Audit threshold number"; "judge"; determination of disparity between number of votes and number of voters; public meeting of county election board; audit and notice of audit; secretary of state report Note: This version of section effectiv

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(a) As used in this section, "audit threshold number" refers to the following
number:
(1) One (1), if the total number of votes cast, as determined under subsection (c), is not
more than twenty (20).
(2) Two (2), if the total number of votes cast, as determined under subsection (c), is:
(A) more than twenty (20); but
(B) not more than forty (40).
(3) Three (3), if the total number of votes cast, as determined under subsection (c), is:
(A) more than forty (40); but
(B) not more than sixty (60).
(4) Four (4), if the total number of votes cast, as determined under subsection (c), is:
(A) more than sixty (60); but
(B) not more than eighty (80).
(5) Five percent (5%) of the total number of votes cast, rounded up to the nearest whole
number, if the total number of votes cast, as determined under subsection (c), is:
(A) more than eighty (80); but
(B) not more than five hundred (500).
(6) Twenty-five (25), if the total number of votes cast, as determined under subsection
(c) is more than five hundred (500).
(b) As used in this section, "judge" refers only to the judge who is a member of a political
party other than the political party of the inspector.
(c) After each electronic voting system has been secured and the paper vote total printouts
obtained, the inspector and judge shall record the total number of:
(1) votes cast on all electronic voting systems located within the precinct; and
(2) voters who have received a ballot by signing in at the polls according to the poll
lists for each precinct;
to determine if the total number of votes cast on the electronic voting systems differs from
the number of voters shown to have received a ballot at the polls according to the poll lists.
(d) The inspector and judge shall record the information set forth in subsection (c) on a
form prescribed under IC 3-5-4-8 and provided to each precinct and vote center under
IC 3-11-3-10 by the county election board. The inspector and judge shall sign the form
before delivering the certificates in accordance with section 4 of this chapter and return the
form with the certificates.
(e) If the number of ballots received at the polls differs from the total number of voters
shown on the poll lists, the inspector and judge shall report this fact in writing to the county
election board together with the reasons for the discrepancy, if known, at the time that the
inspector and judge return the precinct poll list to the board on the form required under

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