Manner of delivery and of transmittal of election returns.
Section 46
SEC. 46. Manner of delivery and of transmittal of election returns.—The copy of the election returns of a voting center intended for the Board of Canvassers, duly placed inside a sealed envelope signed and affixed with the imprint of the thumb of the right hand of all the members of the committee, shall be personally delivered by the members of the committee to the election registrar for transmittal to the Board of Canvassers. The watchers of the political parties, coalition of political parties and the candidates shall have the right to accompany the members of the committee in making the delivery. The election registrar concerned shall place all the returns intended for the Board of Canvassers inside a ballot box provided with three padlocks whose keys shall be kept as follows: one by the election registrar, another by the representative of the ruling party, and the third by the representative of the dominant political opposition party. For this purpose, the two political parties shall designate their representatives, whose names shall be submitted to the election registrar concerned on or before the tenth day preceding the election. The three in possession of the keys shall personally transmit the ballot box, properly locked, containing the election returns to the Board of Canvassers. Watchers of political parties, coalition of political parties, and of organizations collectively authorized by the commission to designate watchers shall have the right to accompany transmittal of the ballot boxes containing the election returns. It shall be unlawful for any person to delay, obstruct, impede or prevent through force, violence, coercion, intimidation or by any means which vitiates consent, the transmittal of the election returns or to take away, abscond with, destroy, deface or mutilate or substitute the election returns or the envelope or the ballot box containing the election returns or to violate the right of the watchers.