§ 1208Meeting of Election Officers on Day of Election; Duties of Election Officers

(a) The judges,
inspectors, clerks of election and machine inspectors, together
with the overseers, if any, shall meet in the respective places
appointed for holding the election in each election district
at least thirty minutes before the hour for opening the polls
on the day of each primary and election. They shall thereupon,
in the presence of each other, take and subscribe in duplicate
to the oaths required by this act.
   (b) If any judge of election shall not appear at the polling
place by 7 o'clock A.M., on the day of any primary or election,
the majority inspector shall appoint a judge of election, who
is qualified under the provisions of this act. If any majority
inspector of election shall not appear at said hour, the judge
of election shall appoint a majority inspector, who is qualified
under the provisions of this act. If any minority inspector of
election shall not appear at said hour, the person who received
the second highest vote for judge at the preceding election
shall serve as minority inspector, if available, and if
qualified under the provisions of this act. If such person is
not available or not qualified, the qualified electors of the
district, present at said time, shall, under the supervision
of the judge of election, elect one of their number who is duly
qualified, to fill said vacancy. If, for any reason, any vacancy
in an election board shall not have been filled, as aforesaid,
by 7:30 A.M., the qualified electors of the district, present
at said time, shall elect a qualified person or persons to fill
such vacancies. If any clerk shall not appear by 7 o'clock A.M.,
the inspector who appointed said clerk shall fill said vacancy,
appointing a qualified elector therefor. If any machine
inspector shall not appear at said time, it shall be the duty
of the judge of election to promptly notify the county board,
who shall immediately appoint a qualified machine inspector to
fill said vacancy. Any persons thus appointed or elected to
fill vacancies shall take and subscribe in duplicate to the
oaths required by this act, and shall hold office only for said
election.
   (c) After the election board has been organized, the judge
of election shall designate one of the inspectors of election

to have custody of the district register and to make the entries
therein, required by this act. In districts in which ballots
are used, the other inspector shall have charge of the receipt
and deposit of ballots in the ballot box, the judge or one of
the clerks shall issue the ballots to electors after they are
found entitled to vote, and the other clerk shall have custody
of the "Voting Check List," and shall place the voter's
certificates therein as they are received and approved. In
districts in which voting machines are used, the other inspector
or clerk shall have custody of the "Voting Check List," and
shall place the voter's certificates therein as they are
received and approved, and the judge shall have special charge
of the operation of the voting machine: Provided, however, That
the judge of election may make other arrangements for the
division of the duties imposed by this act, so long as each
election officer and clerk is assigned some specific duty to
perform. If more than one voting machine is used, the judge
shall be assisted by the machine inspectors, each machine
inspector being assigned by him to have charge of the operation
of a particular machine. In all election districts, the judge
shall assign two (2) members of the election board or clerks
to keep two (2) numbered lists of voters during the progress
of the voting.
   (d) Any election officer, clerk or machine inspector may
be assigned by the judge of election to assist another officer,
clerk or machine inspector in the performance of his duties,
or to perform them for him during his temporary absence or
disability.