(a) Except as provided by this section, compensation for election officers serving at a common polling place in a joint election is the same as that paid to election officers serving at a regular polling place.
(b) If the election records, keys, and supplies for a common polling place are to be delivered to different places for two or more participating political subdivisions:
(1) compensation may be paid in the amount prescribed by this code for delivery, multiplied by the number of participating political subdivisions for which delivery is made to different locations; and
(2) compensation may be paid to one election officer appointed to make the delivery or allocated evenly among the election officers who make the delivery.