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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="10-314" title_number="10" title_name="Polling Places" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Polling Place Procedures">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The local board shall provide election judges with detailed procedures for the closing of the polls, specific to the voting system used.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The procedures shall include directions on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the tabulation, recording, and reporting of votes if these activities are undertaken in the polling place;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the preparation, signing, and sealing of documents and other election materials;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the security of all equipment and materials in the polling place; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the return of equipment and materials to the local board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If election results are produced in the polling place, the election judge shall admit watchers to hear the announced results.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A chief judge shall release an election judge from duty after the completion of the election judge’s assigned tasks.</text>
  </level>
</section>
