Clark County Election Board Skips Recount Despite Machine Jam, 297-Vote Race

Clark County Courthouse — Official Election Board Meeting Venue. The Clark County Election Board decided Tuesday night against a formal recount of ballots cast at four Jeffersonville High School precincts, instead voting to let candidates or party members file their own petitions if they want one. The decision follows a ballot scanner malfunction on Election Day that forced poll workers to move a data stick from a broken machine to a working one, raising questions about whether every vote was properly tabulated in a state Senate race separated by fewer than 300 votes.