(a) If a recount of ballots is demanded, 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 and which ballots are to be counted in the recount, and shall check the accuracy of the original count, the precinct certificate, and the review. For administrative convenience, the Clerk may join and include two (2) or more applications in a single review and count of votes. The rules governing the counting of marked 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 protest the ballots against alteration or mutilation. The recount shall be completed within ten (10) days.