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Bill would require preservation of electronic ballot memory cards until contests settled
Summary
Supporters told the committee memory cards that store ballot images and tallies should be treated like ballots and preserved for 22 months; the deputy secretary cautioned that some cards are reused and sent back to vendors for reprogramming.
Representative Claudine Burnham introduced House Bill 270, which would require preservation of memory cards and similar electronic storage media from ballot-counting devices for the statutory retention period (22 months) so they are available for audits or contests.
Burnham told the committee that memory cards are an integral part of the tally and “should be preserved and treated as important as the…
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