8 results for 'cat:"Elections" AND cat:"Public Record"'.
J. Childs upholds the district court's ruling the government properly redacted the names of certain low-level employees from a spreadsheet of salaries of those who worked on former President Trump's outgoing transition teams in a news publication's Freedom of Information Act case. The redactions were proper under exemption 6 under the Act, as release of the information would have been an invasion of privacy. Affirmed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Childs, Filed On: February 16, 2024, Case #: 22-5330 , Categories: elections, public Record, Privacy
J. Lazar finds the circuit court improperly dismissed a voter group’s petition for writ of mandamus that sought for a public record request to obtain voter eligibility notices containing statutorily information required to be communicated to local officials. The group has demonstrated these records are appropriate under the public records law. The court holds that the group is entitled to redacted requested forms and remands this case for further proceedings. Reversed.
Court: Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Judge: Lazar, Filed On: December 27, 2023, Case #: 2023AP36, Categories: elections, public Record
J. Reyes affirms the district court's dismissal of the data requesters' action seeking data related to election procedures from a county director of property tax and elections. The director is a designee, not the responsible authority, for the relevant data under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, and therefore was not a proper defendant for this case. The district court also did not err in dismissing the case without joining the responsible authority as a defendant, nor in dismissing the requesters' request for a declaratory judgment as to whether the county's procedures complied with the Act. It also did not err in determining that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over a count seeking a prohibition of the use of modems in voting machines, since the requesters did not comply with relevant service requirements. Affirmed.
Court: Minnesota Court Of Appeals, Judge: Reyes, Filed On: December 18, 2023, Case #: A23-0302, Categories: elections, Government, public Record
J. Nashold finds the circuit court properly dismissed the advocacy group's petition for a writ of mandamus forcing the county register in probate to provide records the group claims would show a discrepancy between a list of ineligible voters maintained by the state elections commission and people considered incompetent to vote based on guardianship proceedings in the county. The group now concedes it is not entitled to most of the records it sought because court records related to incompetency proceedings are closed, but its argument that it is still entitled to notice of voter eligibility forms fails, as those forms are also clearly pertinent to incompetency proceedings. The group's argument of judicial bias based on the circuit court judge's comments about the group's "political" goals and reference to its petition as a "fishing expedition" also fails, in part because the group's selection of these quotes either omit the judge's full statements or important context in which they were made. Affirmed.
Court: Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Judge: Nashold, Filed On: November 9, 2023, Case #: 2022AP001794, Categories: elections, public Record
J. Lanza partly grants a Latino-based community non-for-profit organization's motion to compel the Republican Party of Arizona to produce documents it has withheld. The organization sufficiently showed in court that it is entitled to view the party's First Amendment privilege log, but not emailed documents concerning donations related auto-generated emails.
Court: USDC Arizona, Judge: Lanza, Filed On: November 8, 2023, Case #: 2:21cv1423, NOS: Voting - Civil Rights, Categories: elections, public Record, Privilege
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J. Mori holds that the a county registrar's failure to timely seek extraordinary writ relief with the appeals court to challenge a trial court order to disclose voter records deprived the appeals court of jurisdiction to consider the petition. But the petition was timely with regards to a trial court order requiring further disclosure of voter records. The registrar is not required to follow the order to allow the use of electronic voter lists except in the registrar's examination room or to disclose redacted affidavits of voter registration.
Court: California Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Mori, Filed On: August 10, 2023, Case #: B326869, Categories: elections, public Record, Jurisdiction
J. Boasberg partially grants the press access to records related to the grand jury subpoena of former Vice President Pence related to an investigation into the transfer of power following the 2020 election. Proper redaction will preserve grand jury secrecy, and the requested information, once redacted, will not reveal leads to other witnesses or evidence.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Boasberg, Filed On: June 9, 2023, Case #: 1:23mc35, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: elections, Government, public Record