The governing body of any county or of any city or town in this State may provide for use at elections any kind or type of voting machine that fulfills the requirements of this article and has been approved by the State Board of Voting Machine Commissioners, and the commissioners of election or other electoral board may use such voting machines at any and all general or special elections held in such county, city or town, or any part thereof, or in any one or more voting precincts therein, for voting, registering and counting votes cast at such elections. Any such governing body may purchase, lease or otherwise acquire such voting machines and provide for the payment therefor in such manner as such governing body may deem proper. Voting machines of different kinds may be adopted for use and used in different districts of the same city, town or county.