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. (1) Indicates the date, time, or order in which a ballot was cast;
2. (2) Contains any unredacted personal information that may be used to identify the voter who cast the ballot;
3. (3) Provides the tabulating equipment's data in the order in which the data was generated;
4. (4) Does not include all the ballots that were cast at the precinct polling place or vote center;

5. (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:

   1. (a) Redacted to exclude the ballot style name, ballot style number, and any contest that is unique to the precinct; and
   2. (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. (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:

   1. (a) Redacted to exclude the ballot style name, ballot style number, and any contest that is unique to the ballot style; and
   2. (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.

Source: SL 2026, ch 71 , § 2.