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(g) The machine shall remain locked against voting until
the polls are opened, and shall not be operated except by
voters in voting. If any counter is found not to register zero
(000), the judges of election shall immediately notify the
custodian, or the Board of Supervisors of Election, who shall,
if practicable, adjust or cause the counters to be adjusted at
zero (000); but, if it shall be found impracticable for the
custodian or other person authorized by the said" Board to
arrive in time so to adjust such counters before the time set
for opening the polls, the judges shall immediately make a
written record of the designation or designating letter or
number of each counter, together with the number registered
thereon, hereinbelow called the initial number, and shall sign
and post the same upon the wall of the polling-place, where
it shall remain until the polls are closed; and, in filling out
the returns of the election, if the final number of such counter
is greater than the initial number, the election officers shall
subtract the initial number from the final number and enter
the difference on the returns as the vote for the candidate or
on the question represented by such counter; if the final num-
ber of such counter is less than the initial number, the judges
of election shall add one thousand to the final number and
shall subtract the initial number from the sum so ascertained,
and shall enter upon the returns as the vote for the candi-
date or on the question represented by such counter the final
number plus one thousand less the initial number.

(h) The exterior of the voting machine, and every part
of the polling-place, shall be in plain view of the judges of
election and watchers. Every voting machine shall be located
in the polling-place, at least six feet back of the guard-rail, in
such a position that, unless its construction shall require other-
wise, the ballot-labels on the face of the machine can be seen
plainly by the judges of election and watchers when the ma-
chine is not occupied by a voter. The judges of election shall
not themselves be, nor allow any other person to be, in any
position that will permit one to see or ascertain how a voter
votes, or how he has voted. The said judges, or one of them,
shall inspect the face of the machine at frequent intervals,
to see that the ballot-labels are in their proper places, and
that the machine has not been injured or tampered with.

(i) During an election, the door, or other covering of the
compartment containing the counters of the machine, shall
not be unlocked or opened, or the counters exposed, except by
the action of the proper custodian of voting machines for
good and sufficient reason, a statement of which shall be made
in writing and signed by him and attested by the signatures
of the judges of election, or except upon the written order
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