Which means they're following the trucks, too...
Which means they're following the trucks, too...
(e) Election officials must supervise storage
Section 20701 requires that covered election documentation be
retained either physically by election officials themselves, or under
their direct administrative supervision. This is because the document
retention requirements of this federal law place the retention and
safekeeping duties squarely on the shoulders of election officers.
An electoral jurisdiction, however, may validly determine that
election records subject to Section 20701 would most efficiently be
kept under the physical supervision of government officers other than
election officers (e.g., motor vehicle departments and social service
administrators). If an electoral jurisdiction makes such a
determination, Section 20701 requires that administrative procedures
be in place giving election officers ultimate management authority
over the retention and securityof those election records, including the
right to physically access and dispose of them. The terms and
conditions of storage also must conform to the retention requirements
of the statute.