Voter registration website (Department of Elections)

Dear Jonathan Rudenberg:

On October 15, 2020, the Department of Elections received from you the following Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request:

"Pursuant to the Delaware Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

A series of voter registration website outages have made national news in recent weeks:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/935em3/severed-internet-cable-breaks-virginia-voter-registration-portal-on-deadline-day

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/06/920774701/florida-governor-extends-deadline-after-voter-registration-site-crashes

Therefore, I request the following information:

- Contracts, plans, RFPs, and underlying information about the design of online voter registration systems

- Presentations and emails regarding these systems

- Any disaster recovery / backup plans / failsafes for voter registration databases and registration websites or emails/plans/RFPs/presentations regarding this

- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity contracts, plans, RFPs, presentations for voter registration websites and databases

- Any cybersecurity audits/penetration test reports / RFPs and contracts regarding online voter registration systems

Please search from Jan 1, 2018 until the day this request is processed.

These documents will be used for reporting on Motherboard, VICE Media's science and tech website (www.motherboard.vice.com)

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 15 business days, as the statute requires.

Please note that I am a citizen of Delaware, and am using MuckRock's services to help manage and track my request. "

Please be advised that, pursuant to 29 Del. C. § 10002(l)(17)a., the documents you requested are exempt from the definition of "public records," and therefore are not subject to public disclosure under FOIA to any requestor.

Thank you for your inquiry.

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Millianie T. Bueno

Community Relations Officer

Delaware Department of Elections

Phone:

(302) 739-4277

Address:

905 S Governors Ave, Suite 170, Dover DE 19904

Website:

https://elections.delaware.gov<https://elections.delaware.gov/>