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representatives. Any affected candidate or petition representative is allowed to be present during and observe the recount C. Whenever a recount of the votes cast in an election conducted m accordance with the Municipal Election Code is not required pursuant to subsection A, any interested party, including a candidate for office or the petition representatives for a ballot issue or question, may submit to the clerk a wntten request for a recount at the expense of the interested party making the request. D Any request pursuant to subsection C shall be filed with the clerk within ten days after the election. Before conducting the recount, the clerk shall give notice of the recount in accordance with the provisions of subsection B, shall determine the cost of the recount, shall notify the interested party that requested the recount of such cost, and shall collect the cost of conducting the recount from such interested party. The interested party that requested the recount shall pay on demand the cost of the recount to the clerk The funds paid to the clerk for the recount shall be placed in escrow for payment of all expenses incurred in the recount. If, after the recount, the result of the election is reversed in favor of the interested party that requested the recount or if the amended election count is such that a recount otherwise would have been required pursuant to subsection A, the payment for expenses shall be refunded to the interested party who paid them. E Any recount of votes conducted pursuant to subsection C shall be completed no later than the fifteenth day after the election. F. In any city election held and conducted in accordance with the Municipal Election Code, the clerk shall be responsible for conducting the recount and shall be assisted by those persons who assisted in preparing the official abstract of votes If the person cannot participate in the recount, another person shall be appointed as provided in C.R.S. § 31-10-1201. The clerk may appoint additional persons qualified to be the election judges who did not serve as judges in the election as assistants in conducting the recount. Persons assisting in the conduct of the recount shall be compensated as provided in C R S. § 31-10-1206 G The clerk may require the production of any documentary evidence regarding the legality of any vote cast or counted and may correct the survey of returns m accordance with the clerk's findings based on the evidence presented. H If the election held and conducted in accordance with the Municipal Election Code utilized paper or electronic ballots, the recounts shall be of the ballots cast, and the votes shall be talked on sheets other than those used at the election. If such election utilized voting machines, the recount shall be of the votes tabulated on the voting machines, and separate tally sheets shall be used for each machine. Ordinance No 1753, Senes 2018 Page 16 of 62