Tennessee SOS 12.12.24
Submitted | Dec. 12, 2024 |
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From: Victoria Cadostin
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Tennessee Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Documented requests all electronic records containing the following keywords and email domains:
Keywords and phrases:
“tennesseeelectionintegrity.com”
“virginiainstitute.org”
“Non-citizen voting”
“Noncitizen voting”
“Illegals voting”
“TN Fair Elections”
“TNFairElections.org”
“Kathleen Harms”
“Kathy Harms”
“Aundrea Gomez”
“HB 2128”
“Pub. Ch. 939”
“SB 2245”
“HB 0835”
“SB 0137”
“Election Integrity Network”
“EIN”
“Jenny Beth Martin”
“Kerri Toloczko”
“Lindsey Zea”
“Melody Clarke”
“Cleta Mitchell”
“Kyle Brosnan”
“Rosemary Jenks”
“Immigration Accountability Project”
“America First Legal”
Email domains:
“@virginiainstitute.org”
“@unite4freedom.com”
“@electionintegrity.network”
“@teapartypatriots.org”
“@iaproject.org”
“@AFL.org”
The scope of this request includes the following legislators and all staff that report directly to the legislators:
Secretary of State Tre Hargett
Tennessee Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins
Tennessee State Election Commission Members: Donna Barrett, Murfreesboro; Judy Blackburn, Morristown; Jimmy Eldridge, Jackson; Mike McDonald, Portland; Secondra Meadows, Chattanooga; Bennie Smith, Memphis; and Kent Younce, LaFollette
The search for records should include sent and received emails and any other electronic records including, but not limited to, scheduling and calendar records, text messages, and messages on messaging platforms, such as Slack, GChat or Google Hangouts, iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Skype, Twitter direct messages, Facebook Messenger, or Parler. The search for email records should also include any email accounts used to conduct official business, including personal email addresses such as a "gmail" or "yahoo" account.
Please include any attachments to those records and other materials enclosed with those records at the time they were transmitted. For instance, for an email that is responsive to our request, please include all prior messages sent or received in that email chain, as well as any attachments to the email.
The search for records may be limited to records created, sent or received between January 1st, 2024 through to the date of your final response.
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, please notify me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. Additionally, I would like to request a fee waiver. I would prefer the request be filled electronically by email attachment if available, or CD-ROM if not.
Please confirm receipt of this request. Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response.
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,
Kent Hoover, a citizen of Tennessee, in coordination with Victoria Cadostin.
From: Muckrock Staff
Hello,
Thank you for your continued support on this request. Please see the attached proof of residency for Kent Hoover. [REDACTED]
Please note that while Mr. Hoover's physical address is in Tennessee, the mailing address below should be used for any correspondence required to be sent via snail mail. It is much preferred to have this request fulfilled electronically, but I realize your agency may prefer to send physical mail whenever necessary. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact me again.
MuckRock News DEPT MR#177492
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Sincerely,
MuckRock Staff
From: Tennessee Secretary of State
Dear requestor,
Our office denies the request. We received a copy of Kent Hoover's Tennessee driver license. But having reviewed the correspondence concerning this request, it appears that this request is not coming from Mr. Hoover. And our office has not received proof of Tennessee citizenship from the requestor. I have previously communicated directly with Mr. Kent Hoover, and he may of course choose to make a public records request to our office consistent with the Tennessee Public Records Act and the Tennessee Department of State Public Records Policy.
Given this basis for denial, our office has not addressed any other issue concerning this request.
Michael Harmon
General Counsel
Office of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
1st Floor, State Capitol
Nashville, TN 37243
Capitol Office: 615-741-2819
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