The clerk shall preserve all precinct election materials as set by the records retention schedule resolution. These materials may be destroyed after their retention period has lapsed unless an application for a recount has been filed and not completed, or unless their destruction is stayed by an order of the court. Certificates of the canvass board are to be preserved as permanent records. [Ord. FY2023-05 §2, 2022; Ord. FY2009-19 §2, 2009; Ord. 95-01 §2, 1995; Ord. 86-22-O §2, 1986].