§ 1111Preparation of Voting Machines by County Election Boards

(a) The county election board of each county shall cause
the proper ballot labels to be placed on each voting machine
which is to be used in any election district within such county;
and shall cause each machine to be placed in proper order for
voting; shall examine each machine before it is sent out to a
polling place; shall see that each registering counter, except
the protective counter, on each machine is set at zero (000);
shall lock each machine so that the counting machinery cannot
be operated, and shall seal each machine with a numbered seal.
The county election board or their duly authorized agent shall
adjust each machine to be used at a primary election, so that
the election officers may lock it on primary election day, in
such a way that each voter can vote only for the candidates for
nonpartisan nomination, if any, and for the candidates seeking
nomination by the political party in which he is enrolled, if
he is enrolled as a member of a political party, and so that
no voter can vote for the candidates seeking nomination by any
political party in which he is not enrolled.
   (b) The county election board shall appoint one custodian
of voting machines, and such deputy custodians as may be
necessary, whose duty it shall be to prepare the machines to
be used in the county at the elections to be held therein. Each

custodian and deputy custodian shall receive from the county,
for each day he is actually employed under the provisions of
this act, such compensation as shall be fixed by the county
election board, but not less than five dollars ($5.00) per day.
Such custodian shall, under the direction of the county election
board, have charge of and represent the county election board
during the preparation of the voting machines as required by
this act, and he and the deputy custodians whose duty it shall
be to assist him in the discharge of his duties, shall serve
at the pleasure of the county election board. Each custodian
shall take the constitutional oath of office, which shall be
filed with the county election board.
   (c) On or before the fortieth day preceding an election,
the county election board shall mail to the chairman of the
county committee of each political party, which shall be
entitled under existing laws to participate in primary elections
within the county, and to the chairman or presiding officer of
any organization of citizens within the county having as its
purpose or among its purposes the investigation or prosecution
of election frauds, which has registered its name and address,
and the names of its principal officers with the county election
board at least fifty (50) days before such election, a written
notice stating the times when and the place or places where
preparation of the machines for use in the several election
districts in the county will be started. One representative of
each of such political parties, certified by the respective
chairmen of the county committees of such parties, and one
representative of each such organization of citizens, certified
by the respective chairmen or presiding officers of such
organizations, shall be entitled to be present, during the
preparation of the machines, and to see that the machines are
properly prepared and are placed in proper condition and order
for use: Provided, however, That such representatives shall not
interfere with preparation of the machines, and the county board
may make such reasonable rules and regulations governing the
conduct of such representatives.
   (d) The custodian and deputy custodians of voting machines
shall make a certificate, in writing, which each shall sign,
and request each representative of a party or a citizens
organization as aforesaid, present at the preparation of the
machine to attest, and which shall be filed with the county
election board, stating--(1) the identifying number or other
designation of the voting machine; (2) that each registering
counter of the machine was set at zero (000); (3) the number
registered on the protective counter or other device of the
machine; and (4) the number on the seal with which the machine
is sealed.
   (e) No member of the county election board, nor custodian,
nor other employe of the county election board, shall, in any
way, prevent free access to and examination of all voting
machines, which are to be used at the election, by any of the
duly appointed representatives aforesaid; and the county
election board and their employes shall afford to each such
representative every facility for the examination of all
registering counters, protective counters, and public counters
of each and every voting machine.
   (f) The county election board shall furnish, at the expense
of the county, all ballot labels, forms of certificates,
returns, and other papers and supplies, required under the
provisions of this act, all of which shall be in the form, and
according to the specifications, prescribed, from time to time,
by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.