SB114

The amendment adds an exemption allowing county auditors to avoid producing cast vote records or ballot images if their tabulating equipment software doesn't generate them, and establishes strict privacy and aggregation requirements for any records that are released to prevent voter identification. This WEAKENS the bill's original intent to ensure public access to voting records by creating a significant loophole based on equipment capabilities and adding substantial restrictions on what can be disclosed.

This change converts the bill from its engrossed form to its enrolled (final passed) form by removing markup indicators and adding signature pages for the Governor and state officials. The substantive law itself—requiring cast vote records and ballot images to be public records while protecting voter privacy through redaction rules for small precincts—remains unchanged.