Voter registration website (Secretary of State)
| Multi Request | Voter registration website |
| Submitted | Oct. 13, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | Dec. 24, 2020 |
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Communications
From: Jason Koebler
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington 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 5 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 Washington 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.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Secretary of State
Mr. Koebler,
Thank you for your request dated October 15, 2020 and your subsequent email dated October 20, 2020. Due to the upcoming Election, we estimate the completion of this request to be no later than December 18, 2020. This date may need to be updated as we work through this request.
Please note that system security related information or cybersecurity reports would likely not be released per RCW 42.56.420 and/or may be redacted.
Regards,
Brenda Galarza
Records/Public Disclosure Officer
PO Box 40224 | Olympia, WA 98504-0224
360-704-5220 Phone | 360-704-7830 Fax
brenda.galarza@sos.wa.gov<mailto:brenda.galarza@sos.wa.gov>
publicrecords@sos.wa.gov<mailto:publicrecords@sos.wa.gov>
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From: Secretary of State
Mr. Koebler,
I have attached our RFP and contract for the Washington State VoteWA voter registration system.
Regards,
Brenda Galarza
Records/Public Disclosure Officer
PO Box 40224 | Olympia, WA 98504-0224
360-704-5220 Phone | 360-704-7830 Fax
publicrecords@sos.wa.gov<mailto:publicrecords@sos.wa.gov>
www.sos.wa.gov
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From: Secretary of State
Mr. Koebler,
We noticed this request is listed as completed on the Muckrock website. If you are satisfied with what we have sent you, we will close this request on our end.
If you intended to receive additional information from us, we will be happy to extend the request.
If we do not hear back from you by December 24, 2020, this request will be closed. You may open a new request at any time.
Regards,
Brenda Galarza
Records/Public Disclosure Officer
PO Box 40224 | Olympia, WA 98504-0224
360-704-5220 Phone | 360-704-7830 Fax
brenda.galarza@sos.wa.gov<mailto:brenda.galarza@sos.wa.gov>
publicrecords@sos.wa.gov<mailto:publicrecords@sos.wa.gov>
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