provide for the publication of ballot images and the cast vote record of automatic tabulating equipment.

Public ballot records come with privacy limits

South Dakota makes printed voting-machine returns, ballot images, and cast vote records public records, with limits on releasing images and records. Ballot images are digital copies of paper ballots. Cast vote records show how ballot marks are counted for candidates or ballot questions. County auditors need not provide images or records that their software does not generate. Election authorities cannot release images or records showing when a ballot was cast, its casting order, or unredacted information identifying voters. They also cannot release data in the machine's original order or collections missing ballots from a precinct or vote center. Extra limits apply to precincts or vote centers with fewer than 100 ballots. Release requires either removing ballot style names or numbers and contests unique to that precinct, or combining records with another location. A combined collection must contain more than 100 ballots. Similar limits apply to ballot styles with fewer than 100 ballots. Release requires either removing style names or numbers and contests unique to that style, or combining records with another style. That combined collection must also contain more than 100 ballots. The jurisdiction conducting the election pays all costs of producing, storing, archiving, and releasing these records. Election officials oversee machine counting under the equipment's specifications. Printed results are unofficial until the canvassing board reviews and certifies them.