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Description: Sources: Counties which use Dominion and Clear Ballot equipment: https://verifiedvoting.org/verifier ES&S DS850 central scanner automatically saves images, according FL court case, p.129 "all digital ballot images get saved to the internal one terabyte hard drive regardless of what selection was made in the EMS system." http://votewell.net/fl080720.pdf DS450 and DS950 are similar models, differing in speed & sorting bins. AZ SOS procedures 12/20/2019, page 262: https://azsos.gov/sites/default/files/2019_ELECTIONS_PROCEDURES_MANUAL_APPROVED.pdf CA SOS requirement 6/8/2020, page 4: https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ccrov/pdf/2020/june/20108sl.pdf updated by new SOS 5/19/2021, page 2: https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ccrov/2021/may/21059sl.pdf CO all 10/23/2020, from http://electionquality.com/ FL counties 9/4/2020, from https://www.ffec.org/ GA SB202 3/25/2021 makes images public records, p.98, §51 https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/201498 MA SOS email 9/24/2020: "The approval of digital scan equipment in Massachusetts specifically prohibits the capturing of ballot images. ~Michelle K. Tassinari, Director and Legal Counsel, Elections Division" https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-afs:Content:9472752830 MD 2020 Administrator's Report https://www.elections.maryland.gov/about/meeting_materials/July_23_2020.pdf MI MI SOS has counties preserve images only of write-ins (pp.7,28), to save 2-5 seconds per ballot in precinct scanning (p.5): https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/DominionBid_549578_7.pdf PA SOS directive 6/9/2011, section 12: https://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/Documents/Voting%20Systems/Directives/EVS%20Usage%20Directive.pdf SC Law 7-13-1330(M) (added by Act 150 signed 5/13/2022) "An optical scan voting system must maintain an image of each ballot that is cast in a manner that protects the integrity of the data and the anonymity of each voter." TX SOS requirement 10/23/2019, section 12: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/advisory2019-23.shtml#section12 VA Virginia Dept. of Elections Commissioner Christopher Piper 10/19/2020 in radio interview at 47:00, on "HearSay with Cathy Lewis," WHRV National Public Radio affiliate, Norfolk, VA, "We are required to maintain the ballot images, so, for 22 months. So essentially, every time a ballot's run through a machine it's captured and the digital image is preserved by federal law for 22 months. The release of those images does take some requesting." https://mediaplayer.whro.org/program/hearsay/e/hearsay-monday-october-19th-2020 VT SOS statement 8/31/2021 for ballot images from audit in 7 towns (there are no other ballot images): keep for 22 months, as public records. Sample of towns changes each election. There are other maps showing Public availability of these ballot images and Types of election audits, by state.
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