§ 3-222. Preservation of ballots and records of voting machines. 1.\nExcept as hereinafter provided, removable memory cards or other similar\nelectronic media shall remain sealed against reuse until such time as\nthe information stored on such media has been preserved in a manner\nconsistent with procedures developed and distributed by the state board\nof elections. Provided, however, that the information stored on such\nelectronic media and all the data and figures therein may be examined\nupon the order of any court or judge of competent jurisdiction or may be\nexamined at the direction of a committee of the senate or assembly to\ninvestigate and report upon contested elections of members of the\nlegislature voted for by the use of voting machines utilizing such\nelectronic media and
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§ 3-222. Preservation of ballots and records of voting machines. 1.\nExcept as hereinafter provided, removable memory cards or other similar\nelectronic media shall remain sealed against reuse until such time as\nthe information stored on such media has been preserved in a manner\nconsistent with procedures developed and distributed by the state board\nof elections. Provided, however, that the information stored on such\nelectronic media and all the data and figures therein may be examined\nupon the order of any court or judge of competent jurisdiction or may be\nexamined at the direction of a committee of the senate or assembly to\ninvestigate and report upon contested elections of members of the\nlegislature voted for by the use of voting machines utilizing such\nelectronic media and such data and such figures examined by such\ncommittee in the presence of the officer having the custody of voting\nmachines and electronic media.\n 2. Voted ballots shall be preserved for two years after such election\nand the packages thereof may be opened and the contents examined only\nupon order of a court or judge of competent jurisdiction, or by\ndirection of such committee of the senate and assembly if the ballots\nrelate to the election under investigation by such committee, and at the\nexpiration of such time, such ballots may be disposed of at the\ndiscretion of the officer or board having charge of them.\n 3. Except as hereinafter provided, packages of protested, void and\nwholly blank ballots, open packages of unused ballots and all early\nmail, absentee and military, special federal, special presidential and\nemergency ballots and ballot envelopes, if any, opened or unopened,\nshall be preserved for two years after the election. Sealed packages of\nunused ballots shall be retained for four months, and may then be\ndestroyed, provided a certificate articulating the election district\nidentifying data and numbers of such ballots is filed with the balance\nof ballots described in this section, for the balance of the two year\nretention period. Except as hereinafter provided, boxes containing voted\npaper ballots, if any shall be preserved inviolate for four months after\nthe election, or until one month before the next election occurring\nwithin five months after a preceding election if such boxes are needed\nfor use at such next election and if the officer or board in charge of\nsuch voted paper ballots is required by law to furnish ballot boxes\ntherefor. Provided, however, that such ballot boxes and such packages\nmay be opened, and their contents and the early mail, absentee and\nmilitary, special federal, special presidential and emergency ballots\nand ballot envelopes may be examined, upon the order of any court or\njustice of competent jurisdiction. Boxes and envelopes containing early\nmail, absentee, military and emergency ballots voted at a general or\nspecial election, for the office of member of the senate or assembly,\npackages of void, protested and wholly blank ballots, unopened early\nmail, absentee and military ballot envelopes and the packages of unused\nballots, in connection with such election, also may be opened, and their\ncontents and such envelopes also may be examined, by direction of a\ncommittee of the senate or assembly to investigate and report on\ncontested elections of members of the legislature. Unless otherwise\nordered or directed by such a court, justice or committee, such boxes\nshall be opened and their contents and such packages and the envelopes\ncontaining voted ballots and ballot envelopes shall be destroyed, at the\nexpiration of the period during which they are required by the\nprovisions of this section to be preserved, except that instead of being\ndestroyed, they may be sold and the proceeds paid over in the manner\nprovided with respect to the sale of books, records and papers\npertaining to an election.\n 4. All records and documents pertaining to ballot label programming\nand ballot label programming data for any election for any voting\nmachine of a type approved after September first, nineteen hundred\neighty-six and all records pertaining to the periodic maintenance\ntesting of any such programming and programming data or the testing of\nany such machine in connection with any such election shall be preserved\nfor two years after such election.\n