(a)
(1) At least one (1) voting machine equipped for use by individuals with disabilities shall be placed in the county clerk's designated location for early voting for the election in accordance with this subchapter and at any off-site polling locations established by the county board.
(2) Those persons entitled under the law to vote early by personal appearance shall cast their votes on voting systems under the laws applicable to early voting, and the clerk or election official shall enter the name of each voter on a list at the time he or she votes.
(b) After regular business hours, the clerk at the clerk's designated early voting location or the election official at any off-site polling place shall secure the machines against further voting at the close of each day's voting in the presence of authorized poll watchers, if any. When early voting is concluded, the clerk or the election official shall secure the machines against further voting.
(c)
(1) At the time designated in the notice of election, a set of election officials for the machines used for early voting shall canvass the vote in the manner provided for regular polling sites. After the canvass has been made, the machines shall be secured and shall remain inaccessible to voting.
(2) The results of the canvass shall be returned to the county board of election commissioners to be tabulated and canvassed with and in the same manner as the returns of other election precincts.
(d) Any candidate or political party may be present in person or by a representative designated in writing during the progress of early voting and at the canvass of the results in any election for the purpose of determining whether or not the votes in any election are fairly and accurately cast and counted.
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