§ 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.