5. The duties of a deputy officer, performed under the authority of the officer, are, notably, to(1) receive nomination papers and forward them to the officer;
(2) inform voters of the voting procedure if there are more candidates than positions to fill;
(3) appoint all scrutineers necessary for assistance in the performance of his or her duties;
(4) supervise the conduct of the designation process;
(5) count the votes;
(6) send the vote count report referred to in section 24 and the ballot papers to the officer.