CUSTODIAN RESPONSE TO OPRA REQUEST 366-2026
 
March 30, 2026
You have submitted an Open Public Records Request and have indicated your
preferred method of delivery is email.
 
Your request: See attached below.
 
Please be advised that the records you are requesting are maintained by
three departments of the Atlantic County Election process. This would be
the Board of Elections, Superintendent of Elections, and the County
Clerk’s office, for which I am not the Records Custodian.  These entities
maintain their own records.  As such, your request should be submitted to
these three offices. I have cc’d Cheryl McCarty and Michelle Konopka of
the Board of Elections, Maureen Bugdon and Audrey Miles of the
Superintendent of Elections, and Mike Sommers of the County Clerk’s office
on this email for your convenience. After forwarding your request, the
Atlantic County Law Department will close out your request with our
office.
 
Sincerely,
 
Giuseppina Vetrano
Atlantic County Dept. of Law
County Counsel Office
1333 Atlantic Avenue., 8th Floor
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
Phone:  (609) 345-6700, ext. 2505
Fax:      (609) 343-2373
Email:  Vetrano_giuseppina[1]@aclink.org

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From: James L <[OPRA #89021 email]>
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2026 6:46 PM
To: OPRA requests at Atlantic County <[Atlantic County request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Complete Voter Registration File For All
Registered Voters in Atlantic County
 
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Dear Atlantic County,

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. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message.

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.

Under NJSA 19:13-20(a)(4) and the Voting Precinct Transparency Act (P.L.
2019, c.487), please provide the following records:

I am requesting a complete, current export of the voter registration
database for Atlantic County in machine-readable format.

Requested Records:

The complete voter registration file/list of all registered voters in
Atlantic County, regardless of any criteria, status, etc. Include all
available fields such as:
        - Voter ID (unique identifier)
        - Full name (last, first, middle, suffix)
        - Complete residential address (street number, street name,
apt/unit, city, state, ZIP)
        - Mailing address (full address if different from residence)
        - Municipality
        - Ward
        - Voting District/Precinct
        - Congressional District
        - Legislative District
        - Fire District
        - Date of birth
        - Party affiliation
        - Voter status (All types including Active, Active Need ID, Active
Federal Only, Pending, Inactive Confirmation, etc.)
        - Registration date
        - Source of registration (if available)
        - If purged, please include rejected reason with appropriate code
        - Phone number
        - Any election history/voting history linked to each voter ID
(dates of elections voted in; election history should include all
elections from 2015 to present, including municipal primaries, general
elections, and special elections.)
        - Any other fields maintained in the voter registration system

Requested Format:
Spreadsheet format (Excel/CSV) organized by municipality, ward, and voting
district (ideally format with section headers per voting district,
consistent with standard NJ voter file layout). If spreadsheet format is
unavailable, any structured machine-readable format is acceptable
(including pipe-delimited or fixed-width text). If these options aren't
possible, the next best format is fine as well (such as PDFs). Include any
file layout specification or data dictionary if maintained separately.

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.

Please contact me should there be any confusion regarding this request.

Yours faithfully,

James L

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Attached please find the file you requested: 
The complete voter registration file/list of all registered voters in
Atlantic County, regardless of any criteria, status, etc. Include all
available fields such as:
        - Voter ID (unique identifier)
        - Full name (last, first, middle, suffix)
        - Complete residential address (street number, street name,
apt/unit, city, state, ZIP)
        - Mailing address (full address if different from residence)
        - Municipality
        - Ward
        - Voting District/Precinct
        - Congressional District
        - Legislative District
        - Fire District
        - Party affiliation
        - Voter status (All types including Active, Active Need ID, Active
Federal Only, Pending, Inactive Confirmation, etc.)
        - Registration date
        - Source of registration (if available)
        - If purged, please include rejected reason with appropriate code
     
        - Any election history 2015 to present, including municipal
primaries, general elections, and special elections.
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER - PLEASE READ:  
This e-mail transmission is a confidential message which is intended
solely for the person to whom it is addressed.  If you are not the
intended recipient, the copying, distribution, or disclosure of the
contents is strictly prohibited.   If you have received this e-mail
transmission in error, please reply to the sender so that proper delivery
can be arranged, and then please delete the message from your computer. 
If this email is in response to a requested list, please be aware that
while the information you requested should be contained in the attached
pdf or excel file, periodically, unknown errors can occur in the
promulgating of this electronic data. Because lists are live data and the
SVRS cannot “rewind” back to information from a previous block of time,
only current active information is contained herein. Until all required
redistricting has been completed, please know the information provided in
this list may be based on prior districts.  
Additionally, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 along with other laws and regulations
prohibit the disclosure of certain personal identifying information.   For
these reasons, your returned document(s) will not include items such as
social security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, dates of birth,
personal email addresses or telephone numbers.  Also restricted will be
any information relative to Daniel’s Law registrants.  
Please verify that this file represents the appropriate information in the
format you have requested and contact us immediately if you have any
questions in that regard. 

Walter O’Neill

Atlantic County Office of the Superintendent of Elections

5920 Main Street           

Mays Landing NJ  08330

From: Vetrano_Giuseppina <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2026 9:18 AM
To: James L <[OPRA #89021 email]>;
Miles_Audrey <[email address]>
Cc: Remaley_Alysia <[email address]>; DelRosso_Jerry
<[email address]>; Bugdon_Maureen <[email address]>;
McCarty_Cheryl <[email address]>; Konopka_Michele
<[email address]>; Sommers_Mike <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OPRA request - Complete Voter Registration File For All
Registered Voters in Atlantic County

CUSTODIAN RESPONSE TO OPRA REQUEST 366-2026

March 30, 2026

You have submitted an Open Public Records Request and have indicated your
preferred method of delivery is email.

Your request: See attached below.

Please be advised that the records you are requesting are maintained by
three departments of the Atlantic County Election process. This would be
the Board of Elections, Superintendent of Elections, and the County
Clerk’s office, for which I am not the Records Custodian.  These entities
maintain their own records.  As such, your request should be submitted to
these three offices. I have cc’d Cheryl McCarty and Michelle Konopka of
the Board of Elections, Maureen Bugdon and Audrey Miles of the
Superintendent of Elections, and Mike Sommers of the County Clerk’s office
on this email for your convenience. After forwarding your request, the
Atlantic County Law Department will close out your request with our
office.

Sincerely,

Giuseppina Vetrano

Atlantic County Dept. of Law

County Counsel Office

1333 Atlantic Avenue., 8th Floor

Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401

Phone:  (609) 345-6700, ext. 2505

Fax:      (609) 343-2373

Email:  Vetrano_giuseppina[1]@aclink.org

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From: James L <[2][OPRA #89021 email]>
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2026 6:46 PM
To: OPRA requests at Atlantic County <[3][Atlantic County request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Complete Voter Registration File For All
Registered Voters in Atlantic County

** WARNING: This email originated from outside of the Atlantic County
Government Email System. DO NOT CLICK links or open attachments unless you
recognize the sender and are expecting the email. Please make sure the
actual sending email address is what you are expecting not just sender
name. **

Dear Atlantic County,

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. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message.

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.

Under NJSA 19:13-20(a)(4) and the Voting Precinct Transparency Act (P.L.
2019, c.487), please provide the following records:

I am requesting a complete, current export of the voter registration
database for Atlantic County in machine-readable format.

Requested Records:

The complete voter registration file/list of all registered voters in
Atlantic County, regardless of any criteria, status, etc. Include all
available fields such as:
        - Voter ID (unique identifier)
        - Full name (last, first, middle, suffix)
        - Complete residential address (street number, street name,
apt/unit, city, state, ZIP)
        - Mailing address (full address if different from residence)
        - Municipality
        - Ward
        - Voting District/Precinct
        - Congressional District
        - Legislative District
        - Fire District
        - Date of birth
        - Party affiliation
        - Voter status (All types including Active, Active Need ID, Active
Federal Only, Pending, Inactive Confirmation, etc.)
        - Registration date
        - Source of registration (if available)
        - If purged, please include rejected reason with appropriate code
        - Phone number
        - Any election history/voting history linked to each voter ID
(dates of elections voted in; election history should include all
elections from 2015 to present, including municipal primaries, general
elections, and special elections.)
        - Any other fields maintained in the voter registration system –
Not specific enough for OPRA

Requested Format:
Spreadsheet format (Excel/CSV) organized by municipality, ward, and voting
district (ideally format with section headers per voting district,
consistent with standard NJ voter file layout). If spreadsheet format is
unavailable, any structured machine-readable format is acceptable
(including pipe-delimited or fixed-width text). If these options aren't
possible, the next best format is fine as well (such as PDFs). Include any
file layout specification or data dictionary if maintained separately.

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.

Please contact me should there be any confusion regarding this request.

Yours faithfully,

James L

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the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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View this OPRA request & responses online:
[8]https://opramachine.com/request/complete...

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's website.

"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New
Jersey public records.
For more information, contact us at: ‪(732) 707-1628 or PO Box 3180, New
Brunswick, NJ 08903."

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Dear James L,
Yes, the data contained in the Voter Registration and Voting History sent
earlier this week is up to date as of March 30, 2026.
The Statewide Voter Information System produces standardized reports and
lists. The Voter History Report, which was sent earlier, does not include
Fire District or Legislative District data, so attached is a copy of the
voter list with that information.

• Fire District assignment for each voter
• Legislative District for each voter

As for the other voter identifiable information you requested, I refer you
to:
N.J.S.A.: 47:1A - 1.1  OPRA EXEMPTIONS

 1. Privacy Interest - “a public agency has a responsibility and an
obligation to safeguard from public access a citizen's personal
information with which it has been entrusted when disclosure thereof
would violate the citizen's reasonable expectation of privacy.” See
Burnett v. Cnty. of Bergen, 198

    20) Personal identifying information. Specifically:

 1. Social security numbers, except that a social security number
contained in a record required by law to be made, maintained or kept
on file by a public agency shall be disclosed when access to the
document or disclosure of that information is not otherwise prohibited
by State or federal law, regulation or order or by State statute,
resolution of either or both houses of the Legislature, Executive
Order of the Governor, rule of court or regulation promulgated under
the authority of any statute or executive order of the Governor.

 1. In accordance with section 2 of N.J.S.A. 47:1B-2, commonly known as
“Daniel’s Law”, that portion of any document which discloses the home
address, whether a primary or secondary residence, of any active,
formerly active, or retired judicial officer, law enforcement officer,
child protective investigator in the Division of Child Protection and
Permanency, or prosecutor, or, as defined in section 1 of N.J.S.A.
47:1B-1, any immediate family member thereof.

 1. Credit card numbers.

 1. Debit card numbers.

 1. Bank account information.

 1. Month and day of birth.

 1. Personal e-mail address required by a public agency for government
applications, services, or programs.

 1. Telephone numbers.

 1. Drivers’ license numbers.

You also requested:

• Official NJ/Atlantic County data dictionary for voter file codes
• Official documentation explaining turnout codes (N, P, MB, etc.)

Our office has no official documentation explaining turnout codes nor do
we have an official data dictionary of voter file codes.
Since the New Jersey Division of Elections oversees the Statewide Voter
Registration System and its vendor, we respectfully refer you to them for
this information.

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Dear James L

In response to your updated request, yes, gender is maintained in the
statewide voter registration system (“SVRS”) for Atlantic County voters. 
Attached is a copy of the voter list which includes respective gender,
when supplied.

With respect to date of birth, the SVRS produces standardized lists that
include only the full date of birth.  For these reasons, we supplied to
you previously the respective list available.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER - PLEASE READ:  
This e-mail transmission is a confidential message which is intended
solely for the person to whom it is addressed.  If you are not the
intended recipient, the copying, distribution, or disclosure of the
contents is strictly prohibited.   If you have received this e-mail
transmission in error, please reply to the sender so that proper delivery
can be arranged, and then please delete the message from your computer. 
If this email is in response to a requested list, please be aware that
while the information you requested should be contained in the attached
pdf or excel file, periodically, unknown errors can occur in the
promulgating of this electronic data. Because lists are live data and the
SVRS cannot “rewind” back to information from a previous block of time,
only current active information is contained herein. Until all required
redistricting has been completed, please know the information provided in
this list may be based on prior districts.  
Please verify that this file represents the appropriate information in the
format you have requested and contact us immediately if you have any
questions in that regard. 

Walter O’Neill

Atlantic County Office of the Superintendent of Elections

5920 Main Street           

Mays Landing NJ  08330

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From: James L <[OPRA #89021 email]>
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2026 10:28 AM
To: Oneill_Walter <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OPRA request - Complete Voter Registration File For All
Registered Voters in Atlantic County
** WARNING: This email originated from outside of the Atlantic County
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Dear Oneill_Walter,

Thank you for the updated file - the addition of Fire District and
Legislative District is great, and I appreciate the thorough explanation
of the applicable OPRA exemptions.

I have two brief remaining items:

1. Year of Birth

With respect to date of birth, I want to clarify the scope of the
exemption. NJSA 47:1A-1.1 specifically exempts "month and day of birth" -
not year of birth. The Legislature's use of that precise language reflects
an intentional policy choice to protect the birthday combination that
could facilitate identity theft, while leaving year of birth accessible as
a demographic field. Could you provide year of birth only (not month or
day) for each voter?

2. Gender

If gender is maintained in the statewide voter registration system for
Atlantic County voters, could you include it in an updated export? If it
is not collected, a brief confirmation is sufficient.

I will follow up with the NJ Division of Elections separately regarding
the turnout code data dictionary, per your suggestion.

Thank you again for a thorough and timely response.

Respectfully,

James L

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