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 section until the period for retention under IC 3-10-1-31.1 has expired.

As added by P.L.126-2002, SEC.87. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.156; P.L.2-2007, SEC.14; P.L.193-2021, SEC.80.