Kansas Statutes § 25-4413a Prohibited creation or disclosure of image of hard drive; backup copy of hard drive

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no county election office or any employee or agent thereof shall create, or permit any other person to create, or disclose to any person an image of the hard drive of any electronic or electromechanical voting system, optical scanning equipment or any other voting system that contains a hard drive component without the written consent of the secretary of state.

(b) Each county election officer shall create a backup copy of the hard drive of any electronic or electromechanical voting system, optical scanning equipment or any other voting system that contains a hard drive component. Such backup copies shall be created immediately prior to and immediately after any system updates, repairs or improvements and prior to and after each general election. The county election officer shall maintain such backup copies in a secured location for not less than 22 months.