Section 1401. Offices of County Boards to Remain Open During Primaries and Elections and Until Completion of Count; Reports and Returns to Be Made Public.--Each county board of elections shall cause its office to remain open, in charge of one or more members of the board, during the entire duration of each primary and election, and after the close of the polls, until all the ballot boxes and returns have been received in the office of the county elections board, or received in such other place as has been designated by the board.