2005 West Virginia Code - §3-4A-10. — County clerk to be custodian of vote recording devices and tabulating equipment; duties.

§3-4A-10. County clerk to be custodian of vote recording devices and tabulating equipment; duties.

When an electronic voting system is acquired by any county commission, the vote recording devices, where applicable, and the tabulating equipment shall be immediately placed in the custody of the county clerk, and shall remain in his or her custody at all times except when in use at an election or when in custody of a court or court officers during contest proceedings. The clerk shall see that the vote recording devices and the tabulating equipment are properly protected and preserved from damage or unnecessary deterioration, and shall not permit any unauthorized person to tamper with them. The clerk shall also be charged with the duty of keeping the vote recording devices and tabulating equipment in repair and of preparing the same for voting.