Official Canvass of Election Returns Safeguarding the Integrity of the Election Process

After completing the Election Night Canvass, each county election board includes a complete set of certified election returns in its minutes. These official returns are subject to future revision if a recount is conducted.

All local level recounts must be completed by December 20, 1999.

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Live Election Night Returns

The Election Night Canvass is posted continuously to this site on Election Night, November 2, 1999.

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The election returns presented on this site only include votes cast in the 1999 elections for mayoral candidates. Contact the appropriate county election board for returns for city county council, city common council, city clerk, city clerk-treasurer, city judge, town council, town clerk-treasurer, and town judge. In some cases, a city may not be conducting an election this year because all of the city's candidates are uncontested in the election.

The vote counts reported on the Live Election Night Returns area of this site are not final or official, but represent what is known as "the Election Night Canvass".

Indiana state law requires the county election boards in all ninety-two counties to begin counting votes cast in the city immediately after the polls close at 6 p.m., prevailing local time.

In most cities, ballots are counted first at local polling places by precinct election officials. These officials then travel on election night to a central counting location (often the county courthouse) to report the precinct election results to the county election board.

To provide a new service to the public, the Secretary of State has requested that each county election board forward the election night results for mayor to this site. Complete or partial results from each city will be posted on this site continuously on election night as received from each county. Data entry will cease at midnight, and resume the morning after election day until reporting is complete. A county election board may vote to correct any errors in this initial election night canvass through Friday, November 19, 1999. As a result, the election night canvass is not final or official.

Angola, Bedford, Berne, Bicknell, Butler, Carmel, Greenwood, Jasper, Montpelier, Nappanee, Noblesville, Tell City, and Whiting.

To indicate that the names of mayoral candidates in these cities did not appear on the ballot, the election returns on this website will state that although the returns are 100% complete, the listed candidates received one (1) vote.

In the following twelve cities, there were also no contested elections for mayor, but there were contests for other city offices, such as city council or city clerk: Bluffton, Decatur, Garrett, Gary, Huntingburg, Lebanon, Linton, Mount Vernon, Portage, Scottsburg, Southport, and Union City. Where the name of an unopposed candidate for mayor did appear on the ballot, the votes cast for that candidate are reported.