Voter registration website (Secretary of State, Elections and Administration)

Jason Koebler filed this request with the Secretary of State, Elections and Administration of Minnesota.
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From: Jason Koebler


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, I hereby request the following records:

A series of voter registration website outages have made national news in recent weeks:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/935em3/severed-internet-cable-breaks-virginia-voter-registration-portal-on-deadline-day
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/06/920774701/florida-governor-extends-deadline-after-voter-registration-site-crashes

Therefore, I request the following information:

- Contracts, plans, RFPs, and underlying information about the design of online voter registration systems
- Presentations and emails regarding these systems
- Any disaster recovery / backup plans / failsafes for voter registration databases and registration websites or emails/plans/RFPs/presentations regarding this
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity contracts, plans, RFPs, presentations for voter registration websites and databases
- Any cybersecurity audits/penetration test reports / RFPs and contracts regarding online voter registration systems

Please search from Jan 1, 2018 until the day this request is processed.

These documents will be used for reporting on Motherboard, VICE Media's science and tech website (www.motherboard.vice.com)

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,

Jason Koebler

From: Secretary of State, Elections and Administration

Thank you for reaching out to the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State about public information.
Our office doesn't have authority in this area. However, you may contact the Data Practices Office of the Department of Administration with your questions at 651-296-6733 and info.dpo@state.mn.us<mailto:info.dpo@state.mn.us>

Again, thank you for your email to Secretary Simon; please let me know if you have additional questions.

Sincerely,

Office of Minnesota Secretary of State, Steve Simon
180 State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155 Ph: 651-201-1324
Website: www.sos.mn.gov<http://www.sos.mn.gov/>

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