(a) The authority adopting an electronic voting system in which ballots are counted at a central counting station may direct by resolution, order, or other official action that the early voting regular paper ballots cast in an election be duplicated as electronic system ballots for automatic counting at the central counting station.
(b) Early voting ballots that are to be duplicated under this section shall be delivered to the central counting station as prescribed by § 87.101 and shall be treated in the same manner as damaged electronic system ballots that are duplicated for automatic counting.