Section 7-5-531 - Retention of audit data - Machines to remain secured until results are certified except on court order

(a) All audit logs and voter-verified paper audit trails produced by a voting machine shall remain secured for a period of two (2) years.(b)(1) All voting machines used in any election shall remain secured for a period of at least three (3) days following the election unless the machines are ordered to be activated sooner by and on the authority of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, in the event that the issue of the election should be in judicial controversy.(2) Should no order be entered, it shall be the duty of the county board of election commissioners to clear the machines for future elections after the results of the election have been certified.Acts 1969, No. 465, Art. 12, § 30; 1970 (Ex. Sess.), No. 25, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 3-1230; Acts 1997, No. 446, § 24; 2005, No. 2233, § 33.