Delivery of early voting ballots to registrars of voters on day of election or primary. Checking of early voting ballots prior to counting.

(b) The ballot counters for such early voting ballots and same-day election registration ballots shall proceed to the central counting location or to the respective polling places when counting is to take place pursuant to subsection (b) of section 9-147a at the time, between six o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock a.m. on the day of the election or primary, designated by the registrars of voters. At the time such ballots are delivered to the ballot counters pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the ballot counters shall perform any checking of such ballots and proceed, as nearly as possible, as provided in section 9-150a .