Section 3-418. Election inspectors and poll clerks; emergency provisions for filling vacancies or absences

1. If, at the time of a meeting of the
  inspectors, there shall be a vacancy,  or  if  any  inspector  shall  be
  absent,  the  inspector present who is the designee of the same party as
  the absent inspector shall appoint a qualified voter of the same city or
  town to  act  in  place  of  the  absent  inspector.  If,  however,  any
  inspectors shall be temporarily absent for a portion of the meeting, the
  inspectors  present,  provided that they are not all members of the same
  political party, shall have and may exercise any power  or  perform  any
  duty conferred or imposed upon a board of inspectors.
    2.  If  at the time of any such meeting two inspectors who are members
  of the same party shall be absent, or their places shall be vacant,  the
  poll  clerk  or poll clerks present, if any, of the same party shall act
  as inspectors and shall appoint qualified voters of  the  same  city  or
  town  who are members of the same party as the absent inspectors, to act
  in place of such clerks.
    3. If at the time of any such meeting  two  inspectors  and  the  poll
  clerk  or  clerks,  if  any,  who are members of the same party shall be
  absent, or their places shall be vacant,  the  inspector  or  inspectors
  present,  or  in their absence the poll clerk or clerks present, if any,
  shall appoint qualified voters of the same city or town, who are members
  of the same party as such absent inspectors, to act as  such  inspectors
  and  clerks,  until  the  inspectors  or  clerks  duly  appointed by the
  original appointing authority, shall appear.
    4. If at the time of any such meeting, there shall be a vacancy in the
  office of poll clerk, or if a poll clerk shall be absent, the inspectors
  who are designees of the same party, or in their absence, any poll clerk
  of the same party who is present, shall appoint a qualified voter of the
  same city or town who is a member of the same party, to act in place  of
  the absent poll clerk.
    5.  Every  person so appointed or named shall take the oath of office,
  which shall be administered by any person authorized to administer oaths
  or by one of the inspectors.