Voter registration website (New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections)
| Tracking # |
W165179 |
| Multi Request | Voter registration website |
| Submitted | Oct. 13, 2020 |
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From: Jason Koebler
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records 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 7 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jason Koebler
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 13, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 13, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 13, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 13, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 13, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 13, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 13, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 13, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 13, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 13, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 26, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections
This shall serve as the response to your OPRA below. Your government records request requires additional time. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i.
Due to the extent of your request, an extension of time 30 days is necessary.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 26, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections
Good Morning
Due to the extent of the request we asked for a 30 day extension. We are currently working on your request. You should hear something on or around January 3rd.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New Jersey Open Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 26, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #W165179.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections
This shall serve as the response to your OPRA below. Your government records request requires additional time. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i.
Due to the extent of your request, an extension of time 30 days is necessary.
From: New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections
In your OPRA Request W165179, you ask for "Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity contracts, plans, RFPs, presentations for voter registration websites and databases". Is this as it pertains to online voter registration/databases?
Please clarify.
Thank you.
From: New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections
This shall serve as the response to your OPRA request. Please find attached to this email documents in response to your request for contract, presentation and screen design for Online Voter Registration.
Be advised that your request for "emails regarding these systems" is vague and overbroad and, absent a clarification, this request is denied. As for the portion of your request that asks for -" Any disaster recovery / backup plans / failsafes for voter registration databases and registration websites or emails/plans/RFPs/presentations regarding this" and "Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity contracts, plans, RFPs, presentations for voter registration websites and databases," this portion of the request is closed in light of your failure to respond to our request for clarification on January 7, 2022.
Your OPRA request is now closed.
Should you need further assistance, please feel free to contact this office directly at (609) 292-3760.
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