Dear Burlington 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.

Dear Linda Hughes,

Thank you for your response. The document requested is identified by its serial number in the NJ State Document Retention Schedule, where it is identified as, "# 0010-000, Official Instructions and Procedures Manual".
However, if that document is not available, I can clarify that request by listing some of the alternative documents. Please modify my request as written below:

Please provide the comprehensive operational manual(s) 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)

* Logic and Accuracy Test 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
* Procedures for acquisition, installation, maintenance and retirement of electronic election infrastructure
* 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.

Yours sincerely,
Stephen Kennedy
VIUS Inc

Dear Linda Hughes,

Please modify my initial request (which you have declined as not specific enough). My modified request is as follows:

Please provide the comprehensive operational manual(s) 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)

* Logic and Accuracy Test 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
* Procedures for acquisition, installation, maintenance and retirement of electronic election infrastructure
* 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.

Yours sincerely,
Stephen Kennedy
VIUS Inc

Dear Burlington County Board of Elections,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Open Public Records Act reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Burlington County Board of Elections's handling of my OPRA request 'Request for Record Series # 0010-000, official Instructions and Procedures Manual'.

I have not received substantive response to my initial request. After my initial request, I was asked for, and provided, clarification for the documents requested. Since then, I have not received any response, which is a violation of state law. Please look into this issue.

A full history of my OPRA request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://opramachine.com/request/request_...

Sincerely,
Stephen Kennedy