A county election board may contract with a state educational institution to dispose of the ballots. The contract must provide that:

1. (1) the ballots will be used by the state educational institution to conduct election research; and
2. (2) the state educational institution may not receive any ballots under this subsection until the period for retention under IC 3-10-1-31.1 has expired.

As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.176 and P.L.19-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.148; P.L.2-2007, SEC.13; P.L.193-2021, SEC.75.