A. If a recount of ballots is demanded, the Borough Clerk shall appoint a recount board of four or more qualified voters to conduct the recount of ballots for those precincts cited in the application for recount.

B. In conducting the recount, the Clerk, with the assistance of the recount board, shall review all ballots to determine which ballots, or parts of ballots, were properly marked and which ballots are to be counted in the recount, and shall check the accuracy of the original count, the precinct certificate, and the review. For administrative convenience, the Borough Clerk may join and include two or more applications in a single review and count of votes. The rules adopted by the Clerk governing the counting of marked ballots shall be followed in the recount. The Clerk shall make the final determination on which ballots or parts of ballots were properly marked.

C. The ballots and other election materials shall remain in the custody of the Borough Clerk during the recount and the highest degree of care shall be exercised to protect the ballots against alteration or mutilation. (Ord. 2018-08 § 7, 2018; Ord. 2016-40 § 36, 2016; Ord. 2004-45 § 2, 2004. 2004 Code § 2.12.720.)