JEFFERSONVILLE — The Clark County Election Board voted Tuesday night not to count the physical ballots cast at Jeffersonville High School, reversing its own public notice that said it would, according to a person who attended the meeting.

The board adopted two resolutions introduced by its Republican members. Each passed 2-1, with the two Republicans voting yes and the Democratic member voting no, the source said. No ballots were counted.

The board’s notice, posted on the Clark County Voter Registration Office website, said the board would meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday to count the physical ballots cast at the Jeffersonville High School polling location for Jeffersonville Precincts 13, 23, 24 and 26. It said the board would count only the number of ballots and would not tally votes for any candidate, office or public question. The notice said the meeting was open to the public.

Before the meeting, Clark County Clerk Ryan Lynch, a Republican member of the board, said the board had “received differing legal guidance regarding its authority to conduct a physical ballot count, and no formal vote has been taken to authorize one.” Lynch also said he had no concerns about the accuracy of the results reported on Election Day. County Republican Chair Fannie Broxon has said a ballot machine at the high school jammed on Election Day and was replaced.

After the meeting, Indiana Democratic Party Chair Karen Tallian and 9th District Democratic Chair Adam Dickey said the board “acknowledged on the record that there are more votes recorded than there are voters.” They said several hours of votes from the jammed machine in four precincts may not have been counted. The party “will pursue all available legal avenues, including a recount and/or contest of the results in Senate District 45 and Clark County,” the statement said.

Unofficial results posted by the Indiana Election Division show Sen. Chris Garten, R-Charlestown, leading Democrat Nick Marshall 21,817 to 21,520, a 297-vote margin. Libertarian Larry Mahaney received 993 votes. The four precincts that voted at the high school cast 2,280 votes in the race, about 60% of them for Marshall, according to an IndyStar review of Secretary of State results.

Senate Republicans have chosen Garten as their next president pro tem. He has called the ballot concerns “politically motivated speculation.”

Lynch did not return a message Indy Politics left Nov. 6.