A. When the tally of regularly voted ballots is completed, the voted ballots shall be sealed into containers to be preserved by the clerk for thirty (30) days. Ballot containers may only be opened by the canvass board or recount team or if the clerk is ordered to do so by the council or by the court.

B. No later than the day after the election, the election board shall make a certificate in duplicate of the results. The certificate includes the number of votes cast for each candidate, for and against each proposition, yes or no on each question, and any additional information prescribed by the election supervisor.

C. The election board shall, immediately upon completion of the certificate, hand-deliver to the election supervisor both copies of the certificate and register. In addition, all ballots properly cast shall be hand-delivered to the election supervisor. The package shall clearly indicate the precinct from which it came.

D. To assure adequate protection, the election supervisor shall prescribe the manner in which the ballots, registers and all other election records and materials are thereafter preserved, transferred and destroyed. [Ord. 11-13 § 2.]