Except as herein provided, discovery recounts and election contests shall be conducted as otherwise provided for in this Code. The automatic tabulating equipment shall be tested prior to the discovery recount or election contest as provided in Section 24A-9, and then the official ballots or ballot cards shall be recounted on the automatic tabulating equipment. In addition, (1) the ballot or ballot cards shall be checked for the presence or absence of judges’ initials and other distinguishing marks, and (2) the ballots marked “Rejected”, “Defective”, “Objected to”, “Vote by Mail Ballot”, and “Early Ballot” shall be examined to determine the propriety of the labels, and (3) the “Duplicate Vote by Mail Ballots”, “Duplicate Early Ballots”, “Duplicate Overvoted Ballots”, and “Duplicate Damaged Ballots” shall be compared with their respective originals to determine the correctness of the duplicates.
     Any person who has filed a petition for discovery recount may request that a redundant count be conducted in those precincts in which the discovery recount is being conducted. The additional costs of such a redundant count shall be borne by the requesting party.
     The log of the computer operator and all materials retained by the election authority in relation to vote tabulation and canvass shall be made available for any discovery recount or election contest.