Sec. 28. (a) A circuit court clerk shall immediately transmit a certificate prepared under section 27 of this chapter showing the votes cast for nomination or election to an office to the election division if the recount concerned an office for which a declaration of candidacy must be filed with the election division under IC 3-8-2.
(b) The election division shall provide a copy of a certificate transmitted to the election division under this section to the office.