Overview

• The RNC filed its lawsuit on July 17 after the New Jersey Division of Elections failed to turn over requested voter-roll maintenance records and voting-machine seal audit logs under OPRA.
• The party’s March 25 and June 3 requests yielded only partial responses to three of 18 items despite follow-up letters sent on June 16 and July 3.
• Under New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act, agencies must comply with requests within seven days, a requirement the RNC says was ignored by Secretary of State Tahesha Way’s office.
• RNC Chairman Michael Whatley accused state officials of ‘slow walking’ records requests and said voters deserve confirmation that elections are run fairly and securely.
• Alongside the suit, the RNC sent letters to Tahesha Way and the U.S. Department of Justice requesting explanations and a federal investigation into potential National Voter Registration Act violations.