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§3-4-12. Inspection of machines; duties of county commission, ballot commissioners and election commissioners; keys and records relating to machines.
When the clerk of the county commission has completed the preparation of the voting machines, as provided in section eleven of this article, and not later than seven days before the day of the election, he or she shall notify the members of the county commission and the ballot commissioners that the machines are ready for use. Thereupon the members of the county commission and the ballot commissioners shall convene at the office of the clerk, or at such other place wherein the voting machines are stored, not later than five days before the day of the election, and shall examine the machines to determine whether the requirements of this article have been met. Any candidate, and one representative of each political party having candidates to be voted on at the election, may be present during the examination. If the machines are found to be in proper order, the members of the county commission and the ballot commissioners shall endorse their approval in the book in which the clerk entered the numbers of the machines opposite the numbers of the precincts. The clerk shall then deliver the keys to the voting machines to the ballot commissioners who shall give a receipt for the keys, which shall contain identification of such keys. Not later than one day before the election the election commissioner of each precinct, who shall have been previously designated by the ballot commissioners, shall attend at the office of the clerk of the county commission to receive the key or keys to the device covering the registering counters and such other keys as may be necessary for the operation of the machine in registering votes, and to receive the other necessary election records, books and supplies required by law. The election commissioners shall receive the per diem mileage rate prescribed by law for this service. The election commissioners shall give the ballot commissioners a receipt for the keys, records, books and supplies. The receipt shall contain identification of the keys. The master key and all other keys shall remain in the possession of the clerk of the county commission.