Voter Registration Data Sharing

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Alabama Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

Requested Records:
1. All email communications (including emails, email attachments, complete email chains, calendar invitations, and calendar invitation attachments) between (a) any of the Office of the Secretary of State personnel listed below, and (b) any of the external parties or representatives of any of the external entities listed below (including, but not limited to, anyone communicating from an email address containing any of the listed domains).

A. Secretary of State Officials:
i. Secretary of State Wes Allen
ii. Chief of Staff Clay Helms
iii. General Counsel Mike Jones
iv. Director of Scheduling and Executive Administrative Assistant Lindsay “Laney” Kelley
v. Director of Government Relations Jonathan Hester
vi. Director of Elections Jeff Elrod

B.External Entities:
i. America Project (@americaproject.com, @theamericaproject.com)
ii. Conservative Partnership Institute (@cpi.org, @conservativepartnership.org)
iii. Cleta Mitchell (cleta@cletamitchell.com)
iv. Omega4America (@omega4america.com, @contingencysales.com, @jayvalentine.com), and Jay Valentine (jay@contingencysales.com)
v. Voter Reference Foundation (@voteref.com, @voterreferencefoundation.com, @restorationaction.com) and Gina Swoboda (ginaswoboda@hotmail.com)
vi. Eagle AI NETwork, including Rick Richards (drr@cathaid.com, drr@eagleai.pro), John Richards (johnrichards@eagleai.pro), Scott Klosinski (scott@klosinski.com), and anyone communicating from an email ending in @eagleai.pro
vii. Foundation for Government Accountability (@thefga.org) and Opportunity Solutions Project (@solutionsproject.org).
viii. Office of the Ohio Secretary of State (@ohiosecretaryofstate.gov)
ix. Florida Department of State (@dos.myflorida.com)
x. Tennessee Secretary of State (@tnsos.gov)
xi. Virginia Department of Elections (@elections.virginia.gov)
xii. Iowa Secretary of State (@sos.iowa.gov)
xiiii. Missouri Office of the Secretary of State (@sos.mo.gov)
xiv. Texas Secretary of State (@sos.texas.gov)
xv. Louisiana Secretary of State (@sos.la.gov)
xvi. Mississippi Secretary of State (@sos.ms.gov)
xvii. Alabama Policy Institute (@alabamapolicy.org)
xviii. West Virginia Secretary of State (wvsos.gov or wvsos.com)
xix. Georgia Secretary of State (@sos.ga.gov)
xx. Virginia Department of Elections (@elections.virginia.gov)

2. Records pertaining to the development and implementation of any cross-state voter data sharing programs conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of voter rolls, such as programs intended to serve as an alternative, supplement, or replacement to the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). This includes, but is not limited to, memorandums of understanding with other states, as well as all records of data shared pursuant to such memorandums of understanding and otherwise pertaining to the implementation of those list-maintenance programs.

3. All records pertaining to proposals from non-governmental entities to support the state’s list-maintenance activities, including but not limited to correspondence about such proposals and the implementation of such programs.

For (2) and (3), please note that the National Voter Registration Act requires that states make available for public disclosure “all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of official lists of eligible voters[.]” 52 U.S.C. § 20507(i)(1).

Please provide all responsive records from March 1, 2023, through the date the search is conducted.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.

Sincerely,

André Natta, a citizen of Alabama, in coordination with Karen Goll.