Proposed Legislation Modifying the Number of Signatures Needed on Candidate Petitions for Primary and General Elections
Dear Assembly Republican Office,
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:
All comments from members of the public, during the Assembly Select Committee on Ballot Design hearings, voicing concerns that too many frivolous candidates would clutter the ballots as a result of ballot design changes.
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,
Joseph F. Bouvier
Mr. Bouvier,
Please accept this response to your January 14th request, pursuant to the state’s Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, et seq., for "all comments from members of the public, during the Assembly Select Committee on Ballot Design hearings, voicing concerns that too many frivolous candidates would clutter the ballots as a result of ballot design changes."
The New Jersey Legislature's webpage contains transcripts of all hearings for the Assembly Select Committee on Ballot design located at https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/public-hea... Additionally, audio and visual media archives of each hearing can be found at https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/archived-m...
Attached are the public documents and reports with witness testimony from each of the hearings.
This office reserves the right to raise any rights, privileges, immunities or defenses available to this office or any member of the General Assembly under OPRA, any statute, the common law, or the New Jersey Constitution, for the possible denial of any requested information.
Sincerely,
Kevin J. Logan
Chief Counsel
New Jersey General Assembly, Republican Office
The State House, P.O. Box 098
Trenton, NJ 08625-0098
Phone: 609-847-3400
Email: [email address]
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