August 18, 2022 press conference (Secretary Of State Florida)

Sam Levine filed this request with the Secretary Of State Florida of Florida.

It is a clone of this request.

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139583-04355097

Multi Request August 18, 2022 press conference
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Completed

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From: Sam Levine

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:

Any correspondence, including emails, calendar invites, text messages regarding an August 18, 2022 press conference at the Broward county courthouse with the office of the governor, department of state, and attorney general's office. Please search for all records between August 11, 2022 and August 18, 2022

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,

Sam Levine

From: Secretary Of State Florida

Dear Sam,

The potential volume of documents to your request is quite large.

In an effort to ascertain a universe of potential responsive documents, please provide search terms, email addresses, etc. in order for us to perform a more accurate search and provide a more cost-effective invoice.

I hope this is helpful.

Ryan C. Ash
Deputy Director of External Affairs
Florida Department of State

From: Sam Levine

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for your email. Please search for the following emails domains:

@sheriff.org
@myfloridalegal.org
@fdle.state.fl.us
@eog.myflorida.com

Please include the following terms in your search:

"press conference," "broward county courthouse," "voter fraud," "election crimes" "arrested" "felon"

Thank you!
Sam

From: Secretary Of State Florida

Sam,

I am in receipt of your email. I will be in touch when I have more information to share with you.

Ryan C. Ash
Deputy Director of External Affairs
Florida Department of State

From: Secretary Of State Florida

Sam— We’ve got your requests in queue. We’re working on several requests right now, and I’m sure we’ll be able to get to yours soon. I’ll be in touch as soon as I have information for you.

Ryan C. Ash
Deputy Director of External Affairs
Florida Department of State

From: Secretary Of State Florida

Dear Sam,

A preliminary invoice for your January 26, 2023 public records request is included in this email. Please note that this invoice is calculated on the number of potential responsive emails and not the total number of pages. Should the responsive records you requested require significant time for legal review, an additional invoice may be sent to you that reflects those charges.

Ryan C. Ash

Deputy Director of External Affairs

Florida Department of State

From: Sam Levine

Hi Ryan,

Thanks very much for this. Does payment have to be made via check or can we do credit card either online or over the phone?

Thank you,
Sam

From: Secretary Of State Florida

Hi Sam,

We don’t accept credit cards, only cash, check, or money order. Make checks or money orders payable to the FDOS. If payment is made in cash we cannot make change. Please be sure to reference your invoice number (0110323) when making your payment.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Ryan C. Ash
Deputy Director of External Affairs
Florida Department of State

From: Ana Cutello-Edgar

To Whom It May Concern:

Please find enclosed a check for $88.16 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.

Thank you.

Check sent by Muckrock Staff

Pay to the order of:

Florida Department of State
Public Records Custodian
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399

#10933
Amount of: $88.16
  • Created — 03/28/2023
  • In Transit — 03/31/2023
  • In Local Area — 04/01/2023
  • Processed For Delivery — 04/03/2023
  • Deposited — 04/13/2023

From: Secretary Of State Florida

Your payment was received on April 5, 2023 and your request is currently being processed.

I hope this is helpful.

Ryan C. Ash
Deputy Director of External Affairs
Florida Department of State

From: Sam Levine

Hi Ryan,

Hope you're doing well. Just wanted to follow up and check in on the status of this. It looks like payment was processed back in the beginning of April.

Best,
Sam

From: Secretary Of State Florida

HI Sam—thank you, I hope all is well on your end. Your records request still being processed. I will be in touch as soon as they are available for submission.

Ryan C. Ash
Deputy Director of External Affairs
Florida Department of State

From: Muckrock Staff

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 26, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help and please let me know if further clarification is needed.

Sincerely,

MuckRock Staff

From: Secretary Of State Florida

*NOTE: This request was fulfilled on 8/22/2023. The Florida Department of State sent the responsive records to the requester's work email on that date. We are still getting emails for updates from MuckRock. This response is intended to stop the automated messages. I have copied the response below and attached the records:

From: Meiner, Natalie
Sent time: 08/22/2023 10:38:27 AM
To: Sam Levine <sam.levine@theguardian.com>
Subject: RE: Florida Sunshine Law Request: August 18, 2022 press conference (Secretary Of State Florida)
Attachments: Responsive Documents Sam Levine.pdf
Good morning,
Please find the attached records responsive to your request.
Thank you,
Natalie Meiner
Director of Communications and Marketing
Florida Department of State
850‐245‐6522
Natalie.Meiner@dos.myflorida.com

On Jan. 25, 2023:
Subject: Florida Sunshine Law Request: August 18, 2022 press conference (Secretary Of State Florida)
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
Any correspondence, including emails, calendar invites, text messages regarding an August 18, 2022 press conference at the
Broward county courthouse with the office of the governor, department of state, and attorney general's office. Please search for all
records between August 11, 2022 and August 18, 2022

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,
Sam Levine

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