2025 Primary Election Candidate Petitions and Challenges
Charlie Kratovil made this OPRA request to Dunellen Borough as part of a batch sent to 29 authorities Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.
Dear Dunellen Borough,
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-5(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:
Please provide a copy of all candidate petitions for the 2025 primary election and any challenges received to those petitions.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as an attachment. 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
Mr. Kratovil,
Attached please find the response to your request. If you have any
questions please let me know. We only had the two petitions and no
challenges to those petitions.
On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM Lauren Staats <[Dunellen Borough request email]>
wrote:
Received.
Dear Ms. Staats,
Please provide unredacted copies of the records.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Ms. Staats,
For your consideration:
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2018/07/...
https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2018/S2000/1...
"This bill requires that a petition of nomination of a candidate for any State, county, school, or municipal elective public office must include a functioning e-mail address for the candidate. This addition to the nominating petitions of such candidates would enhance the voters’ access to those candidates, particularly first-time candidates, and allow voters and organizations to contact candidates’ campaign."
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Ms. Staats,
Have you been able to review the law in question here? Please provide unredacted records.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Ms. Staats,
Following up again. Why did your office redact the petitions? What purpose is served by concealing the email addresses that the candidates provided?
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil