South Carolina citizens sue to enforce the SC Freedom of Information Act and obtain the 2020 Cast Vote Records: By Guest Contributor, Laura Scharr Founder of SC Safe Elections June 29th 2023 Our elections belong to the citizens not the government.
SC Safe Elections has been analyzing information about our state's election system and processes since the 2020 election.
In furtherance of our goal to establish confidence in elections, we wanted to gain access, through the Freedom of Information Act, to Cast Vote Records.
Cast Vote Records are the electronic record of a voter's selections: information from a scanned ballot image is transferred to a spreadsheet that shows all of the vote selections of an election in the relative order of tabulation.
Our State Election Commission claims that there is Personally Identifiable Information on ballot images and that somehow the CVR report could be tied to a voter.
Our goal is to assuage concerns that all citizens of South Carolina have regarding issues with elections, to enhance trust so that they know the vote is transparent, accurate, accountable and auditable.
If you were an election official, wouldn't you want to use all of the tools available to determine if your elections were accurate and free from irregularities? Wouldn't you want to provide as much information to your citizens and partner with them so that they could feel better about the process and procedures? This information will also help local election officials better understand and address any issues with elections.
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