Request for Record Series # 0010-000, official Instructions and Procedures Manual
Stephen Kennedy made this OPRA request to Monmouth County Board of Elections This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Monmouth 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:
Document: Record Series # 0010-000, official Instructions and Procedures Manual - Electronic PDF copy
If the entire document is not in PDF format but is in hard copy, microfilm or other physical format, then please send me a PDF or image file (in jpg or bmp format) of the table of contents and index.
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Kennedy
VIUS Inc.
Can you please clarify your request below? What document are you looking for?
Robin Major, Administrator
Monmouth County Board of Elections
(732) 431-7802, ext. 2750
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From: Stephen Kennedy <[OPRA #36270 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 9:46 PM
To: Major, Robin <[Monmouth County Board of Elections request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL]OPRA request - Request for Record Series # 0010-000, official Instructions and Procedures Manual
Dear Monmouth 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:
Document: Record Series # 0010-000, official Instructions and Procedures Manual - Electronic PDF copy
If the entire document is not in PDF format but is in hard copy, microfilm or other physical format, then please send me a PDF or image file (in jpg or bmp format) of the table of contents and index.
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Kennedy
VIUS Inc.
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Dear Robin Major,
Thank you very much for the quick response. I was looking for a comprehensive operational manual that includes the daily operating procedures which the county uses to carry out state election law. This would include, but not be limited to, operational procedures related to the conduct of elections; maintenance of voter rolls; acquisition, installation, maintenance and retirement of electronic election infrastructure; and procedures for training, overseeing and managing election personnel . Such activities may be, for example: (not a complete list)
* Risk-limiting audit procedures (or if by another name, the partial audit of equipment before an election)
* Post-election audit procedures
* Signature verification training materials and procedures
* Procedure to verify voter address, name, signature, and other PII upon registration.
* Procedure for deactivation of voter, reactivation of voter, removal of voter record
* Procedure to identify and resolve duplications and/or discrepancies between counties in the case of voters who have moved to another county in-state
* Backup procedures for electronic equipment used in elections
* Chain of custody procedures for mail in ballots, in-person early voting ballots, provisional ballots, in-person day of election ballots, UOCAVA ballots
* Procedure to send, receive, verify, transcribe, scan and tabulate UOCAVA (federal only) ballots
* Other related operational procedures related to the operation and conduct of elections, election infrastructure, and election personnel
I realize this is a comprehensive request, and the information may exist in more than one document. I am requesting this information in electronic format, preferably PDF, Excel (.csv, .xlsx, .xls), and Word (.doc, .docx). If there will be a charge to convert physical media (print, microfilm, etc.) please advise. I appreciate your help.
If needed as an alternative, you may send documents to this email address.
Votingintegrityus [-at-] g m a i l [-dot-] c o m
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Kennedy
Dear Robin Major,
I misspoke on my first bullet point. Instead of "Risk-limiting audit" I meant "Logic and Accuracy Test" - the procedures to perform a partial audit of equipment before an election to show trustworthiness.
I look forward to your response to my inquiry.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Kennedy
Good morning Mr. Kennedy.
Thank you for that clarification. The Board of Elections will respond to
your request before November 15, 2022.
Regards.
Robin Major, Administrator
Board of Elections
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From: Stephen Kennedy
<[OPRA #36270 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 11:07 PM
To: Major, Robin
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL]OPRA request - Request for Record Series #
0010-000, official Instructions and Procedures Manual
Dear Robin Major,
I misspoke on my first bullet point. Instead of "Risk-limiting audit" I
meant "Logic and Accuracy Test" - the procedures to perform a partial
audit of equipment before an election to show trustworthiness.
I look forward to your response to my inquiry.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Kennedy
-----Original Message-----
Can you please clarify your request below? What document are you looking
for?
Robin Major, Administrator
Monmouth County Board of Elections
(732) 431-7802, ext. 2750
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Dear Robin Major,
Please reply expeditiously to my records request as modified in my previous email. You had requested until Nov. 15 to provide your response. I have not yet received the responsive documents. In case you have responded and the message did not get through to me, if you prefer, you may email the documents to me at VIUSInc [ at ] Yahoo [ dot ] com.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Kennedy
Attached below are eight guidelines, provided by the State Division of
Elections, in response to your underlined OPRA request. Please be
advised that some of the requested info below does not fall under the
jurisdiction of the Board of Elections and cannot provided by our office.
Robin Major, Administrator
Monmouth County Board of Elections
(732) 431-7802, ext. 2750
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Kennedy
<[1][OPRA #36270 email]>
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2022 4:56 PM
To: Major, Robin <[2][Monmouth County Board of Elections request email]>
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL]OPRA request - Request for Record Series #
0010-000, official Instructions and Procedures Manual
Dear Robin Major,
Thank you very much for the quick response. I was looking for a
comprehensive operational manual that includes the daily operating
procedures which the county uses to carry out state election law. This
would include, but not be limited to, operational procedures related to
the conduct of elections; maintenance of voter rolls; acquisition,
installation, maintenance and retirement of electronic election
infrastructure; and procedures for training, overseeing and managing
election personnel . Such activities may be, for example: (not a complete
list)
* Risk-limiting audit procedures (or if by another name, the partial audit
of equipment before an election)
* Post-election audit procedures
* Signature verification training materials and procedures
* Procedure to verify voter address, name, signature, and other PII upon
registration.
* Procedure for deactivation of voter, reactivation of voter, removal of
voter record
* Procedure to identify and resolve duplications and/or discrepancies
between counties in the case of voters who have moved to another county
in-state
* Backup procedures for electronic equipment used in elections
* Chain of custody procedures for mail in ballots, in-person early voting
ballots, provisional ballots, in-person day of election ballots, UOCAVA
ballots
* Procedure to send, receive, verify, transcribe, scan and tabulate UOCAVA
(federal only) ballots
* Other related operational procedures related to the operation and
conduct of elections, election infrastructure, and election personnel
I realize this is a comprehensive request, and the information may exist
in more than one document. I am requesting this information in electronic
format, preferably PDF, Excel (.csv, .xlsx, .xls), and Word (.doc, .docx).
If there will be a charge to convert physical media (print, microfilm,
etc.) please advise. I appreciate your help.
If needed as an alternative, you may send documents to this email
address.
Votingintegrityus [-at-] g m a i l [-dot-] c o m
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Kennedy
-----Original Message-----
Can you please clarify your request below? What document are you looking
for?
Robin Major, Administrator
Monmouth County Board of Elections
(732) 431-7802, ext. 2750
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