2024 General Election Candidates
Dear Mercer County Clerk,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
1) list of all candidates certified to appear on the 2024 general election ballots in the county
2) copies of letters/messages from all candidates who withdrew their names from the ballot
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Charlie Kratovil
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Mercer County, NJ
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Dear CharLIe krAtOVil:
Thank you for your interest in open public records of Mercer County Open
Public Records Center. Your request has been received and is being
processed in accordance with the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). Your
request was received in this office on 9/12/2024 and given the reference
number R006904-091224 for tracking purposes.
Records Requested: Records requested: 1) list of all candidates certified
to appear on the 2024 general election ballots in the county 2) copies of
letters/messages from all candidates who withdrew their names from the
ballot
Your request will be forwarded to the relevant County department(s) to
locate the information you seek and to determine the volume and any costs
associated with satisfying your request. You will be contacted about the
availability and/or provided with copies of the records in question.PLEASE
NOTE: The Open Public Records Act does not require a governmental body to
create new information, to do legal research, or to answer questions.
You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you'll
receive an email when your request has been completed. Again, thank you
for using the Mercer County Open Public Records Center.
County of Mercer
County Counsel's Office
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CharLIe krAtOVil
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of September 12, 2024, Reference # R006904-091224
Dear Sir/Madam:
This office serves as the custodian of records for the County of Mercer
under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA). We are in receipt of your recent
request for government records pertaining to the above subject. Please accept the
following response to same.
Please login to the [2]Mercer County Open Public Records Center to view the available
government records. Candidates lists are available (official, school and fire) on our
website at
[3]https://www.mercercounty.org/government/...
We only have withdrawals of local candidates as uploaded, not state or federal.
If you believe there are any additional government records, please advise. Grieco v. Boro
of Haddon Heights, 449 N.J. Super. 513 (Law Div. 2015).
Yours
truly,
Paul R.
Adezio
Mercer
County Counsel
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Dear Mercer County Counsel's Office,
Can you please provide the response as email attachment(s)? Regarding Reference # R006904-091224. I prefer not to use the portal.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Sir:
Attached are the government records pertaining to your OPRA Request No.
R6904. Candidates lists are available (official, school and fire) on our
website at
[1]https://www.mercercounty.org/government/....
We only have withdrawals of local candidates as uploaded, not state or
federal.
If you believe there are any additional government records, please advise.
Grieco v. Boro of Haddon Heights, 449 N.J. Super. 513 (Law Div. 2015).
[2]MClogo-green-yellowLAURENTI, Mario, Assistant Program Analyst
Mercer County Counsel’s Office
McDade Administration Building
640 South Broad Street, CAB 201
Trenton, New Jersey 08611
Phone: +1 (609) 989-6511
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