No it is wrong to require money that people can’t afford to pay in order to preserve the integrity of an election. The offending information does not need to be copied. And all of it except the SN# is public record anyways. Did you here they want 14 thousand to redact one set of poll books. That is instability. It only preserves the ability to cheat and get away with it.
I don't recall saying otherwise. The poster said that McDaniel was refused the right to look at the pollbooks, period. That's the impression I was attempting to correct.
-- Did you here they want 14 thousand to redact one set of poll books. --
No, I did not. A substantial amount of the written argument before the Mississippi Supreme Court was how birthdate is sensitive personal information, and the only dollar figures I recall being mentioned was $1,000 to Harrison County, to prepare 120 original pollbooks form viewing. At some level or value, the dollar amount becomes the issue of its own right. I'm not of a mind that $14,000 for the whole state (I know that is different from what you said) is probably not litigation worthy; but $14,000 times 82 counties would be.
Some states have recount / result validation protocols where the state pays if the margin is small enough, and the candidate wanting to view the books pays if the margin of victory is on the other side of that threshold.