The canvass committee may request the assistance of the City Clerk or the Mayor to investigate the challenges made. Any city elector may appear to give testimony concerning the challenged ballots. The canvass committee will deliver the challenged ballots to the Council and submit a report of their finding. The Council may accept or reject a challenge. If a challenge is upheld, the ballot challenged will not be opened and counted, but will be saved as are other ballots. If a challenge is rejected, the ballot will be counted with the absentee ballots. The City Clerk will notify a voter whose ballot is not counted that the challenge against him was upheld.