“Public Records Request”

#4

 (per ORC 149.43)

 

Data Requirements needed for Ohio Election 2004 Audit

 

Records to be obtained from County Boards of Elections

 

 

 

 

3/25/05

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio Vigilance

Black Box Voting

 

Public Records Request #4

 

Re: Voting Systems

 

  1. Copies of all documents related to the purchase of voting systems from Diebold and ES&S (including voter-registration systems such as DIMS, DRE e-voting systems and Opti-scan systems).

 

    1. RFP’s with systems specifications
    2. Proposals/quotes, including features and functionality of proposed systems
    3. Contract negotiation/bidding documents – including cost estimates and delivery implications for modifying DRE’s to be VVPAT-compliant.
    4. Internal cost/benefit analysis and system-recommendation documents --  e.g., the report(s) discussed in the Feb 8th, 2005 board meeting in which the various voting systems were described.  (The report described the initial and ongoing operating costs and specified “Pro’s” and “Con’s” of the voting-system candidates.) and any other voting-system cost/benefit-related information that might have been given to Plain Dealer reporter Mark Naymik on or before February 8th, 2005.
    5. Contracts with Diebold and ES&S

 

  1. Minutes of Board meetings in which the purchase of electronic voting systems was discussed.

 

  1. Copies of all problem logs for the DIMS voter-registration system: documents describing malfunctions, problems, bugs and other irregularities of the DIMS system.  Documents indicating the resolution/solution, if appropriate, of the problems.

 

  1. Copies of training documents used by Diebold to train Board staff and temporary personnel in the use of DIMS.  Documents indicating when, where training sessions were held, and for how long.  Documents describing who was trained in what sessions.

 

  1. Copies of accounting and financial transactions between Diebold and Cuyahoga Board of Elections.  What goods and services the transactions were for? When was the good/service rendered?  When was the payment made? For how much? 

 

  1. Copies of all correspondence between Cuyahoga Board of Elections and the Secretary of State re: selection and acquisition of voting systems, including, but not limited to the Directive “2005-01” requiring counties choose between two Opti-Scan voting systems.

 

  1. Copies of all correspondence between Cuyahoga Board of Elections and the Attorney General re: selection and acquisition of voting systems.

 

  1. Documents describing the injunction in which Cuyahoga Board of Elections has filed that opposes the Secretary of State’s directive 2005-01 requiring Optical Scan voting machine purchase.