Except as herein provided, certification and election contests shall be conducted as otherwise provided in chapter 23 of this title. Automatic tabulating equipment shall be tested prior to the recount of election contests, as provided in section 506 of this subchapter and then the official ballots or ballot cards shall be recertified on the equipment. Recertification of election contests may be accomplished by the utilization of any alternate systems contained in the electronic voting machine.
