§16-43  Ballot handling.  In every casewhere the ballots are handled by election officials or election employees, fromthe time the ballots are delivered to the several precincts to the time theyare returned to the chief election officer or clerk in county elections fordisposition upon completion of the tabulation, they shall be handled in thepresence of not less than two officials assigned in accordance with sections11-71 and 11-72 or section 16-45. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1975, c 36,§5(7)]