Voter registration website (South Carolina Election Commission)

Jason Koebler filed this request with the South Carolina Election Commission of South Carolina.
Multi Request Voter registration website
Submitted Oct. 13, 2020
Est. Completion None
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No Responsive Documents

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From: Jason Koebler

Subject: South Carolina Public Records Law Request: Voter registration website (South Carolina Election Commission)

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the South Carolina Public Records Law, 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 15 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Jason Koebler

From: South Carolina Election Commission

Subject: FOIA Response

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Mr. Koebler,

In response to your October 13, 2020 FOIA request, the SEC does not possess or maintain any responsive public records. Please note that records related to procurements overseen by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, Procurement Services Division, must be directed to that entity. In addition, any records containing security-related policies or procedures are not deemed "public records" under S.C. Code 30-2-20(c) and have not been produced in response to this request.

Harrison Brant

General Counsel

SC State Election Commission

1122 Lady Street, Suite 500

Columbia, SC 29201

Office (803) 734-9063

Fax (803) 734-9366

scVOTES.gov

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