Voting Machines. Voting machines and direct recording equipment reviewed in the recount shall: Be closed, secured, and, if necessary, resealed; and Remain secured and sealed until the State Administrator releases them. Ballots. Ballots shall be: Assembled, packaged, sealed, and placed in appropriate secure storage; and Retained as long as required by law. Documents, Paraphernalia. All tally sheets, canvass sheets, memory devices, programs, printouts, and any other documents and paraphernalia associated with counting, documenting, or validating the election shall be: Packaged and placed in appropriate secure storage; and Retained as long as required by law.