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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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RDA
RDA: 11216
Database ID: 2467
Record Series Title: Retired: Elections - Federal Election Ballot Approval (Record series now under RDA 11212)
Record Series Abstract: Ballots are sent to the coordinator of elections from the 95 county election commissions for approval. The ballots may be examined to determine content of the ballot, names of candidates on ballot, date of the election, and other purposes.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Other
If Other, Explain: From the date of a federal election
Total Retention: 5 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Destroy
Disposition Notes: Retired: The ballots are received in paper and digital format, ballots will be stored in received format. The paper ballots are stored in a file cabinet by county for each election and ballots received in digital format will be kept on the state server. Once ballots are approved by the division the approved ballot is sent back to the county to retain. After cut off records will be retained for five years and then destroyed by state approved methods. Agency Retention: 5 Years (Record series now under RDA 11212)
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 2470
Record Location: 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave. 7th Floor
File Arrangement: In alphebetical order by county
Media Format Generated: Both
Media Format Stored: Paper: Sheet
Date Range: 2014 to current
Annual Accumulation: 6 - 7 cubic feet; 1 gb
Current Volume: 6 - 7 cubic feet; 1 gb
Record Value: Administrative, Legal
Audit Requirements: State
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 0
Past Year: 12
2 - 5 Years: 0
Over 5 Years: 0
Data Update Frequency:
Information Shared Outside of State: No
If Shared, List Agencies:
Essential Record: Yes - Duplicate
Essential Record Stored: Elections Division Office
Essential Record Media Type: Paper
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Agency Retention: 5 years
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Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Destroy
Legal Citation: Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-8-108
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: Departmental File Server \\
IT-ABC Number:
Hardware Description: Departmental Storage Array; HP SAN/NAS, HP DL Servers
Software Description: Windows File Server; Windows Server 2003, Windows Storage Server 2008, Microsoft Virtual Server, VMWare Virtual Server
System Location: Division of Elections - 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave., 7th Floor
Backup Procedures: Departmental Storage Backup & Recovery Solution; Incremental backup DAILY, full WEEKLY backup, full MONTHLY backup (all to virtual tape and physical tape). Physical backup tapes sent off site to Iron Mountain Vault.
Disaster Recovery: Departmental Storage Backup & Recovery Solution; In the event of a Primary Server failure resulting in loss of data, the files would be accessed on the Disaster Recovery servers. If this is not an option due to the scope of the disaster, data would be retrieved from backup tapes previously sent to Iron Mountain.
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Contact Information
Contact Name: Amy Gregory
Job Title: Executive Assistant
Address 1: 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave.
Address 2: 7th Floor, William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243
Phone: 615-741-7956
Email: amy.gregory@tn.gov
Agency: Secretary of State
Agency Head: Secretary Tre Hargett
Director: Mark Goins
Allotment Code: 3050107400
Status
Action Requested: Revision
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 10-03-2018 No recommended changes upon approval of RDA 11212.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 10-04-2018 No recommended changes pending approval of RDA 11212.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2018-10-04 We have reviewed RDA 11216 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommendation to retire this RDA provided RDA 11212 is approved.
Agency: 10-05-2018 No recommended changes upon approval of RDA 11212.
RMD Director Recomendations: 10-12-2018 RDA 11216 is a request to retire an RDA. The records series will now be covered under RDA 11212, Election Petitions and Reports (Five years and destroy), up for approval at this same meeting. Recommend approval of request to retire RDA 11216 under RDA 11212 provided RDA 11212 is approved.
Signed Form Received: 2018-10-12
PRC Meeting Date: 10-30-2018
PRC Comments: PRC approves request to retire RDA 11216.
PRC Action: RDA Retired
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
2241 11216 2018-04-25 Approved with Changes
2467 11216 2018-10-30 RDA Retired