(1) The local council shall retain the local election records, poll books, electoral registers, poll cards, ballot papers and other voting material which the local council or the election committee has received in connection with the local election, cf. however the second sentence of subsection (2).

(2) The regional council shall retain the election records for the regional election and any other voting material which the regional council or the election committee has received in connection with the regional election. If the regional election committee has undertaken a renewed recount, the regional council shall keep the ballot papers for the regional election, cf. section 89(2).

(3) For referendums held in accordance with Part 11a, the local council shall keep the election records, poll books, electoral registers, poll cards, ballot papers and any other voting material received by the local council or the election committee in connection with the referendum.

(4) The electoral registers, poll cards and ballot papers, including any advance voting material, shall be destructed on expiry of the time allowed for complaints, cf. sections 93 and 105l, andany complaints regarding the election have been finally decided, cf. however subsection (5). Other voting materials shall be preserved as specified in the Act on Public Access to Documents in Public Files.

(5) Voting material covered by subsection (4), 1st sentence, may be used for research and statistical purposes in accordance with the rules in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and the Danish Data Protection Act (databeskyttelsesloven). Voting material covered by subsection (4), 1st sentence, which is used for research and statistical purposes shall be destroyed when the voting material is no longer used for such purposes.