Section 3-302. Voting machine technicians and custodians; appointment, duties

1. The board of elections shall appoint as many voting  machine
  technicians  and voting machine custodians as shall be necessary for the
  proper  preparation  and  repair  of  voting  machines.  Voting  machine
  technicians may be full time employees of the board of elections and may
  also  serve  as  voting  machine  custodians as hereinafter provided. No
  person shall be appointed as  a  voting  machine  technician  or  voting
  machine  custodian  who is a candidate for any public office to be voted
  for by the voters of the district in which he is to serve.
    2. The voting machine technicians shall, under the  direction  of  the
  board  of  elections  supervise  the preparation of the voting machines.
  They shall inspect voting machines to insure that  they  are  in  proper
  repair and working order and shall notify the board of elections and the
  appropriate  town or city clerk of the repairs found to be needed on any
  machine. They shall have the authority to recommend the rejection  of  a
  machine  to  the  board  of  elections  as  not  in  suitable mechanical
  condition for use in an election. They shall perform all other duties as
  required by the board of elections.
    3. The board of elections shall, before the fifteenth day  of  January
  of  each  year,  appoint as many custodians of voting machines as may be
  necessary for the proper preparation  of  the  machines.  The  custodian
  shall, under the direction of the board of elections, have charge of and
  represent  the  board  of elections during the preparation of the voting
  machines and serve at the pleasure of the board of elections.
    4. The board of elections shall as often as necessary provide a course
  of training and education  on  the  preparation,  use,  maintenance  and
  repair  of  the  voting  machine.  Attendance  at  such  course shall be
  required of all voting  machine  technicians  who  have  not  previously
  completed such a course satisfactorily.
    5. Any person who fails to satisfactorily complete such a course shall
  not be permitted to serve as a voting machine technician.
    6.  Voting  machine  custodians  shall  be  paid for their services an
  amount fixed by the board of elections, which amount shall, however,  be
  approved  by  the legislative body of the county and shall be payable by
  the county, or in the case of the city of  New  York,  payable  by  such
  city.
    7.  Salaries of voting machine technicians shall be fixed by the board
  of elections as provided herein and provided further that  the  salaries
  for  each  technician may vary dependent on the number of machines to be
  serviced, other duties assigned and such other factors as the board  may
  consider relevant.