Is Mr. Simon saying transparency is impossible? Are Republicans to be trusted who say they want election integrity but also are comfortable keeping the machines?
Raccoon army, here is some helpful language that you might use if you are being jerked around in your requests for CVRs. Happy to take suggestions or comments to improve the language
To Whom It May Concern:
Please provide any instruction provided by employees or consultants of [insert voting systems vendor name here], their subsidiaries or affiliates to [insert county name here], on responding to public records requests which are election related.
Please include any text messages, memos, newsletters, emails, meeting minutes, transcripts, or other written or spoken directions relayed to the county Board of Elections, county OPRA office, county lawyers (both external to the county and/or employed directly by the county), and county auditors or public records officials regarding responding to OPRA records requests related to elections.
No need to send the election related laws, I am specifically looking for records with special instructions or reminders specific to [insert county name here] County election records. This could be from an employee of the [insert voting systems vendor name here], its subs or affiliates or a consultant retained by the same.
If a [insert voting systems vendor name here], directed [insert county name here] County to handle election related requests in any particular way, or told [insert county name here] County to not provide certain records, please provide records of that communication.
If a [insert voting systems vendor name here], has told [insert county name here] County what to communicate to citizens making election related OPRA requests, or what not to say, please provide those records.
If a [insert voting systems vendor name here], has shared any guidance with [insert county name here] County that is related only to election related records requests, please provide records of that correspondence.
Please provide records of the guidance/instruction that [insert county name here] County received from [insert voting systems vendor name here], when it was issued, who it came from at the [insert voting systems vendor name here], and whether it is on a case-by-case basis, or a group email/memo or other means of communication beginning on or after January 1, 2022 until the date of this request.
Keep up the great work, Erik!
Keep on them and thankyou for being our voice!!
Raccoon army, here is some helpful language that you might use if you are being jerked around in your requests for CVRs. Happy to take suggestions or comments to improve the language
To Whom It May Concern:
Please provide any instruction provided by employees or consultants of [insert voting systems vendor name here], their subsidiaries or affiliates to [insert county name here], on responding to public records requests which are election related.
Please include any text messages, memos, newsletters, emails, meeting minutes, transcripts, or other written or spoken directions relayed to the county Board of Elections, county OPRA office, county lawyers (both external to the county and/or employed directly by the county), and county auditors or public records officials regarding responding to OPRA records requests related to elections.
No need to send the election related laws, I am specifically looking for records with special instructions or reminders specific to [insert county name here] County election records. This could be from an employee of the [insert voting systems vendor name here], its subs or affiliates or a consultant retained by the same.
If a [insert voting systems vendor name here], directed [insert county name here] County to handle election related requests in any particular way, or told [insert county name here] County to not provide certain records, please provide records of that communication.
If a [insert voting systems vendor name here], has told [insert county name here] County what to communicate to citizens making election related OPRA requests, or what not to say, please provide those records.
If a [insert voting systems vendor name here], has shared any guidance with [insert county name here] County that is related only to election related records requests, please provide records of that correspondence.
Please provide records of the guidance/instruction that [insert county name here] County received from [insert voting systems vendor name here], when it was issued, who it came from at the [insert voting systems vendor name here], and whether it is on a case-by-case basis, or a group email/memo or other means of communication beginning on or after January 1, 2022 until the date of this request.
Thank you