Sec. 32. (a) If a precinct has both poll clerks and assistant poll clerks and the voting is entirely done by paper ballot, the assistant poll clerks shall perform the same duties required of the poll clerks regarding the initialing and giving out of the ballots and pencils or pens when required to do so.
(b) It is necessary for only the two (2) poll clerks or assistant poll clerks giving out a ballot to place their initials on the back of the ballot. However, the two (2) poll clerks or assistant poll clerks must not have been nominated to a precinct election office by the county chairman of the same political party.