Election Results - Local Ballot Questions Since 2000
Dear Union County,
Under OPRA and the common law right of access, please provide complete copies of the official election results for all municipal ballot questions put to voters since Jan. 1, 2000.
Thank you kindly. Please don't hesitate to contact me at 732-993-9697 if I can be helpful.
Yours faithfully,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Mr. Kratovil,
Please see the acknowledgment below.
Marlena M. Russo
OPRA Compliance Manager
Office of the Clerk of the Board
Union County Administration Building, 6^th Floor
10 Elizabethtown Plaza
Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Phone: 908.527.4178 / Fax: 908.558.0915 / Email: [1][Union County request email]
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To: Charlie Kratovil
From: James E. Pellettiere, RMC, QPA, Clerk of the Board
Date: January 7, 2020
Re: Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Request Acknowledgment
This office received your OPRA request for the official election results
for all municipal ballot questions put to voters since January 1, 2000 on
January 7, 2020. OPRA requires that a response be provided within 7
business days, beginning the first business day after receipt of the
request. We will have a response prepared by January 16, 2020. Records are
typically provided to requestors in electronic format, usually at no cost
(see below for additional information). However, the County will advise
you of the page count and cost, if you wish to buy paper copies. You may
also review documents at no cost in the Clerk of the Board’s Office; if
you choose this option, please call or email ahead to arrange a mutually
convenient appointment.
Pursuant to Ordinance 710-2010, adopted on October 14, 2010, the following
fee schedule applies for photocopies: pages 1-10: no charge; page 11 and
each page thereafter: $.05 per page for documents that are letter-sized or
smaller, and $.07 per page for documents that are legal-sized or
larger. There shall be a limit of 30 pages forwarded via facsimile to any
requestor, per request. The fee schedule is as follows: pages 1-10: no
charge; pages 11-30: $.05 per page for letter-sized documents, and $.07
per page for legal-sized documents.
If you wish to have records mailed or faxed to you and there is a cost for
same, please send your payment to the following address:
Office of the Clerk of the Board
Union County Administration Building – 6^th Floor
10 Elizabethtown Plaza
Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Please do not send cash; kindly make a check or money order payable to the
County of Union. We will provide the documents upon receipt of payment.
OPRA ordinarily grants immediate access to budgets, bills, vouchers,
contracts (including collective negotiations agreements and individual
employment contracts), and public employee salary and overtime
information. While the County makes every effort to provide immediate
access to such documents, processing may take longer depending on the
amount of records requested, medium requested, if redaction is required or
documents are in storage, or if the request requires extensive work to
complete. The same is true for requests for non-immediate access
documents. When additional time is needed to process a request, the County
provides requestors with written updates accordingly.
In accordance with OPRA, requests that require extensive work to complete
may be subject to a special service charge in addition to applicable copy
fees and/or archive fees ($2/box). Special service fees are determined on
a case-by-case basis; you will be informed of same before incurring the
charge. Please be advised that work on such requests will not begin until
receipt of the special service charge and/or archive fees.
If no records are available, or the record(s) are exempt in accordance
with OPRA, the County will advise accordingly.
If your OPRA request is denied, you have a right to appeal the decision.
You may file your appeal with the New Jersey Government Records Council
(GRC) or the New Jersey Superior Court, as provided by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-6
and 7. For additional information on the appeal process, please visit:
[2]http://www.nj.gov/grc/register/appeal/.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation and patience while
we work to fulfill your request. If you have any questions, please call
this office at (908) 527-4178 or (908) 527-4157.
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2. http://www.nj.gov/grc/register/appeal/
Dear Mr. Kratovil,
This email constitutes a formal and complete response to your January 7,
2020, OPRA request for the official election results for all municipal
ballot questions put to voters since January 1, 2000.
Attached please find the election results for Municipal Ballot Questions
from 2000 to 2013. The results from 2014-2019 are available on the Union
County Votes website:
[1]http://www.unioncountyvotes.com/election....
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Marlena
Marlena M. Russo
OPRA Compliance Manager
Office of the Clerk of the Board
Union County Administration Building, 6^th Floor
10 Elizabethtown Plaza
Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Phone: 908.527.4178 / Fax: 908.558.0915 / Email: [2][Union County request email]
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References
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1. http://www.unioncountyvotes.com/election...
2. mailto:[Union County request email]