42 U.S.C. § 1974 : US Code - Section 1974: Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1974 : US Code - Section 1974: Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation

Every officer of election shall retain and preserve, for a period
of twenty-two months from the date of any general, special, or
primary election of which candidates for the office of President,
Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member
of the House of Representatives, or Resident Commissioner from the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are voted for, all records and papers
which come into his possession relating to any application,
registration, payment of poll tax, or other act requisite to voting
in such election, except that, when required by law, such records
and papers may be delivered to another officer of election and
except that, if a State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
designates a custodian to retain and preserve these records and
papers at a specified place, then such records and papers may be
deposited with such custodian, and the duty to retain and preserve
any record or paper so deposited shall devolve upon such custodian.
Any officer of election or custodian who willfully fails to comply
with this section shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned
not more than one year, or both.