87.5(2)Immediately following the close of the ordinary poll and in the presence of the returning officer and the candidates and their agents who may attend, the special ballots shall be counted at the office of the returning officer by the special ballot officers and they shall take all other proceedings provided by this Act for deputy returning officers and poll clerks in connection with the conduct of an election after the close of the ordinary poll, except that the statements and other documents required by this Act to be made and to be written in or attached to the poll book shall be made in the special ballot poll book.