Records for 3rd party contractors/vendors - 2021 and 2022 General Elections

Wanda Opdyke made this OPRA request to Union County Board of Elections This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Wanda Opdyke
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Dear Union 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:
COUNTY: Union County 2021 and 2022

1. List of third-party contractors and W9’s d associated with Mail in Ballot (MIB) tabulation/counting inclusive for the time period beginning with early voting through election certification for the subject elections.
2. List of any third-party vendor contractors and W9’s associated with curing and adjudicating ballots.

• November, 2021 – General Election
• November, 2022 – General Election

Yours faithfully,

DN

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Opra, Union County Board of Elections

Dear Wanda,

 

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][email address]

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To:       Wanda Opdyke

 

From:   James E. Pellettiere, RMC, QPA, Clerk of the Board

 

Date:    11/29/2022

 

Re:        Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Request(s) Acknowledgment

 

This office received your OPRA request for List of third-party contractors
and W9s re: VBM tabulation & curing / adjudicating ballots, for GE 2021
and GE 2022 on 11/29/2022. 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 12/8/2022. Records are
typically provided to requestors in electronic format, for which there is
usually no cost. However, the County will advise of any fees before the
charge is incurred.

 

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 documents are in use, 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.

 

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 OPRA request.

 

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