Dear Cape May County Board of Elections,

This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:

****PLEASE NOTE: If you are no longer using the same equipment vendor - please contact the vendor you were using at the time of the Nov. 3, 2020 general election for ASSISTANCE in fulfilling this request.

I am requesting the full Cast Vote Record (CVR) with the standard per-batch results report, which includes batch and tabulator information for the November 3, 2020 general election for all of the County. The CVR is the report that shows the votes on a spreadsheet with the CVR number, tabulator ID, precinct ID, batch ID, voting method (by-mail, election day, provisional, etc), and the candidate selection for each individual vote cast in the election. The votes are on the spreadsheet sequentially as scanned.

**Please note, the Cast Vote Record is automatically generated by the EMS during the tabulation process, and there is NO SPECIFIC VOTER INFORMATION included in the report.

To be clear, I am NOT requesting summary report of votes; I am requesting a per-ballot report.

Based upon the equipment used by the county in the 2020 general election, the process for exporting the CVR is as follows:

From the EMS Results Tally and Reporting screen:
1. Navigate to the Actions menu, click the Export menu item and click the CVR
Export sub-menu item.
2. The CVR Export screen will appear.
3. Select criteria for filters if applicable, or leave as ALL in case no filter is
required.
4. Perform additional settings, if applicable:
• Create separate file per batch - check this if the export should create a
separate export file for each results batch being exported.
NOTE: This setting does not apply to the tabulator format, but only is
used when exporting the JSON format.
NOTE: If the number of batches is larger than 100, we strongly
recommend that this option is used, otherwise the resulting file could be
too large to produce (depending on system and project configuration).
• Published batches - only check this if the export should only contain data
from published result batches. (Please leave this unchecked)
• Use tabular format - If this option is selected the export will be in the
form of a tabular text file format, which can be opened in Excel instead of
the default JSON format. (Please leave this unchecked)
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I would prefer the files in .JSON format (there should 16 separate JSON files, unless you choose
to export separate files per batch, in which case there will be more), but if that is not possible,
then the tabular format will be acceptable.

Ideally, I would like to receive the report via electronic transmission. However, if the data files
are too large, and must be copied to a USB drive, I will happily supply the necessary device to
the county in order to make that happen.
Because this request is for educational purposes only, and not for commercial use, I am requesting that all fees be waived.

Please contact me with the expected time frame for release of the records or if you have any questions about this request. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Yours faithfully,

Lynne Lippincott