The board of supervisors shall appoint an inspector, a judge, and two clerks for each of the precincts established to conduct the election. The inspector, judge, and clerks of election in each precinct shall constitute the board of election for such precinct.

If the board of election, or any member thereof, fails to appear at the opening of the polls on the morning of the election, the electors of the precinct present at that hour may appoint a board or supply the place of an absent member thereof.