(A) All election records and returns shall be preserved for a period of 60 days except for the following:
(1) Application for a place on a ballot: two years after date of election.
(2) Appointment of campaign treasurer: two years after the date the appointment is terminated.
(3) Campaign and officeholder reports: two years after the date of filing.
(4) Order appointing election judges: the longer of the term for which the appointment is made, or the period for preserving precinct election records in the last election in which an appointee serves under the order.
(B) However, if an election contest or a criminal investigation or proceeding in connection with an election to which the records pertain is pending, the records shall be preserved until the contest, investigation, or proceeding is contemplated and the judgment, if any, becomes final.