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Clerks warn of storage costs as committee weighs extending election-record retention to five years
Summary
Senate Bill 113 would extend retention of election materials from 22 months to 60 months to align with the felony statute of limitations; county clerks testified the proposal would impose substantial unfunded storage costs while election-division staff and a county clerk cited past investigative needs to justify longer retention.
Senator Schmidt told the committee that Senate Bill 113 would extend the retention requirement for election materials from 22 months to 60 months, aligning state practice with the federal felony statute of limitations and allowing records to be available for audits, investigations and litigation. "It ensures election records are preserved long enough to support audits, investigations, litigations, and public records requests," he said.
Knox County Clerk David Shelton described a local example from the 2020…
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