§ Ind. Code § 3-12-10-2.1Members

(a) Except as provided in this section, the secretary of state and the designee of
the state chairman of each of the major political parties of the state shall serve as members
of the state recount commission.
(b) Except as provided in this section, the secretary of state shall serve as the chair of the
state recount commission.
(c) If an election to the office of secretary of state is the subject of a petition filed under
IC 3-12-11, final determination of all petitions filed under IC 3-12-11 relating to that election
must be made before January 1 after the election.
(d) The secretary of state may not serve on the commission if the secretary of state is:
(1) a petitioner under IC 3-12-11; or
(2) named as a candidate in a petition under IC 3-12-11;
until the commission makes a final determination under IC 3-12-11 of all related petitions
in which the secretary of state is a petitioner or is named.
(e) If the secretary of state may not serve on the commission under subsection (d), the
state chairman of the same major political party as the secretary of state shall designate
another individual to serve as a member and chair of the commission. The other individual
must have voted in the most recent primary election of the political party of the state