A. In conducting a recount, the clerk shall appoint a recount board of four (4) or more qualified voters to conduct the recount of ballots or those precincts cited in the application for recount.

B. In conducting the recount, the recount board shall review all ballots to determine which ballots, or parts of ballots, were properly marked, which ballots are to be counted in the recount, and shall check the accuracy of the original count and all documentation provided by the election officials. The recount board shall check the number of ballots and questioned ballots cast in a precinct against the registers and shall check early and absentee ballots voted against early and absentee ballots distributed. The rules in Chapter 7.60 BMC governing the counting of ballots shall be followed in the recount.

C. The ballots and other election materials shall remain in the custody of the clerk during the recount and the highest degree of care shall be exercised to protect the ballots against alteration or mutilation. The recount shall be completed within ten (10) calendar days. The clerk may employ additional personnel necessary to assist in the recount. [Ord. 11-13 § 2.]