Section 3066 - Duties of election officers after the close of the polls in districts in which voting machines are used(a) When the hour for closing the polls shall arrive, all qualified electors who have already qualified and are inside the enclosed space shall be permitted to vote; and in addition thereto, all those qualified electors who are in the polling place outside the enclosed space waiting to vote and all those who are in line either inside or outside of the polling place waiting to vote, shall be permitted by the election officers to do so. As soon as the polls are closed, and the last voter has voted, the election officers shall immediately lock and seal the operating lever or mechanism of the machine, so that the voting and counting mechanism will be prevented from operation, and, they the clerk and the overseers, if any, shall then sign a certificate stating--(1) that the machine has been locked against voting and sealed; (2) the number, as shown on the public counter; (3) the number on the seal which they have placed upon the machine; (4) the number registered on the protective counter or device; and (5) the number or other designation of the voting machine, which certificate shall be returned by the judge of election to the county board with the other certificates, as herein provided. The election officers shall then compare the number, as shown by the public counter of the machine, with the number of names written in the numbered lists of voters, the district register and voting check list, which shall then be placed in separate packages, containers or envelopes and sealed. 1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, art. XII, § 1226. Amended 1986, May 5, P.L. 150, No. 47, § 2, imd. effective.