SB114 — Changes to Existing Law | SD Legislature Tracker

NEW SECTION added to Chapter 12-17

B: Notwithstanding the provisions of § 12-17B-13, the governing body of the jurisdiction conducting the election may not release any cast vote record or collection of ballot images if the cast vote record or any ballot image: (1) Indicates the date, time, or order in which a ballot was cast; (2) Contains any unredacted personal information that may be used to identify the voter who cast the ballot; (3) Provides the tabulating equipment's data in the order in which the data was generated; (4) Does not include all the ballots that were cast at the precinct polling place or vote center; (5) Is from a precinct polling place or vote center in which fewer than one hundred ballots were cast, and the cast vote record or ballot images have not been: (a) Redacted to exclude the ballot style name, ballot style number, and any contest that is unique to the precinct; and (b) Combined with the cast vote record or ballot images from at least one other precinct or vote center to be released as a collection that contains more than one hundred ballots; or (6) Is related to a ballot style of which fewer than one hundred ballots were cast, and the cast vote record or ballot images have not been: (a) Redacted to exclude the ballot style name, ballot style number, and any contest that is unique to the ballot style; and (b) Combined with the cast vote record or ballot images related to another ballot style to be released as a collection that contains more than one hundred ballots. The jurisdiction conducting the election is responsible for all expenses associated with producing, storing, archiving, and releasing a cast vote record or a collection of ballot images. 21