RNC Sues New Jersey for Access to Voter Roll and Election Machine Records

The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the New Jersey Division of Elections, accusing it of unlawfully withholding public records related to voter list maintenance and voting machine audit logs from the June primary election.

The lawsuit charges New Jersey with violating the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and the state’s common law right of access, and seeks to compel the state to release documents the RNC claims are crucial to ensuring election transparency and accountability.

“Defendant has refused to provide the RNC with publicly available documents related to voting machine seal audit logs and its voter list maintenance procedures as required by law,” the complaint alleges.

According to the filing, the RNC submitted multiple records requests as early as March, but says the state delayed, ignored or outright denied the requests without justification.




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