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    FOIA Justice Society Public Record Response

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    This document responds to a public records request for election documentation by outlining which documents the jurisdiction is required to disclose and which contain proprietary information that should be withheld. It states that election summary and results reports could be disclosed but system and machine logs contain trade secrets and security information and should not be released without redaction.

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    This document responds to a public records request for election documentation by outlining which documents the jurisdiction is required to disclose and which contain proprietary information that should be withheld. It states that election summary and results reports could be disclosed but system and machine logs contain trade secrets and security information and should not be released without redaction.

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    This document was the result of public records requests concerning elections related data and reports necessary to ensure transparent elections. ES&S is attempting to conceal the evidence of widespread election fraud as a result of their software and hardware.

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    This document responds to a public records request for election documentation by outlining which documents the jurisdiction is required to disclose and which contain proprietary information that should be withheld. It states that election summary and results reports could be disclosed but system and machine logs contain trade secrets and security information and should not be released without redaction.

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    FOIA Justice Society Public Record Response

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    Christopher Gleason
    This document responds to a public records request for election documentation by outlining which documents the jurisdiction is required to disclose and which contain proprietary information that should be withheld. It states that election summary and results reports could be disclosed but system and machine logs contain trade secrets and security information and should not be released without redaction.

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    August 3, 2023 

    RE: Public record request seeking the following documents for the 2018, 2020, and 2022
    elecƟons: EL45A, aka ElecƟon Summary with Group Detail; EL30A, aka The Precinct
    Summary Report with Group Detail; EL52, aka Numbered Key Canvass; EL68, aka Results
    CorrecƟons Log; EL68A, aka System Log; Machine Log Reports as a CSV file; ElecƟonware
    Audit Log - Admin Audit Events Report & ElecƟon Audit Events Report

    This document is in response to a recent public record request received by many jurisdic ons 
    throughout  the  United  States  from  Christopher  Gleason  on  behalf  of  the  Jus ce  Society 
    reques ng the above referenced documenta on.  
     
    Disclaimer
    Please be advised that when receiving a public record request a jurisdic on should contact its 
    local or state a orney to determine what, if any, informa on being requested is required to be 
    disclosed  pursuant  to  applicable  law.  Elec on  Systems  &  So ware,  LLC  (“ES&S”)  is  unable  to 
    provide the jurisdic on with any legal advice or other guidance as to which records are required 
    to be provided under applicable law. The jurisdic on’s state or local a orney will have to make 
    this determina on for the jurisdic on.  
     
    Most  public  records  laws  only  require  the  jurisdic on  to  produce  those  records  which  are 
    responsive to the public records request, and which are in the possession of the jurisdic on at 
    the  me of the request.  The public records laws also generally only require the release of those 
    documents which have been created by the jurisdic on. The log reports being requested are not 
    normally generated by jurisdic ons in the normal course of conduc ng elec ons.  
     
    The  jurisdic on  will  need  to  determine  what  records  it  has  in  its  possession  that  may  be 
    responsive to the request and work with its a orney to determine what informa on must be 
    disclosed or if any such informa on is subject to an exemp on from disclosure as set forth under 
    applicable law. Once this determina on has been made, ES&S will review such informa on to 
    determine if it contains any ES&S proprietary and confiden al informa on which may be exempt 
    from disclosure under applicable law. 
     
    Results Reports
    ES&S  would  not  object  to  the  release  of  the  following  reports:  Elec on  Summary with  Group 
    Detail, the Precinct Summary Report with Group Detail, the Numbered Key Canvass Report, and 
    Results  Correc ons  Log.  If  the  jurisdic on  did  not  create  these  reports  previously,  and  the 
    jurisdic on’s  a orney  advises  the  jurisdic on  to  create  these  reports  following  the  receipt  of 
    public record request, these reports could be accessed from Elec onware or ERM.  To generate 
    these reports the jurisdic on would have had to have retained the elec on data for the par cular 
    elec on and have access to Elec onware or ERM so ware used during that elec on. For ERM 
     

    these  reports  are  available  under  the  reports  menu,  and  in  Elec onware  these  reports  are 
    available under the results module repor ng in elec ons results workflow.  
     
    Log Reports
    Notwithstanding  the  forgoing,  ES&S  would  object  to  the  release  of  the  System  Log  Reports, 
    Machine Log Reports, Elec onware Audit Logs (hereina er “Logs”).  
      
    The Logs should be withheld as the logs contain informa on which, if disclosed, would give an 
    advantage  to  compe tors  or  bidders. ES&S’s  Logs  are  proprietary  informa on  and  if  released 
    may give advantage to a compe tor or bidder.  
     
    Addi onally,  the  Logs  should  be  withheld  as  the  Logs  contain  trade  secrets  and  proprietary 
    commercial and financial informa on. The Logs contain proprietary, confiden al and trade secret 
    informa on  which  derive  poten al  independent  economic  value.  The  Logs  are  not  readily 
    ascertainable  by  proper  means  by  compe tors  who  could  obtain  economic  value  from  their 
    disclosure and are subject of reasonable efforts to maintain their secrecy. Thus, as your a orney 
    should  confirm,  the  Logs  should  be  exempt  from  disclosure  under  the  state  exemp on  for 
    proprietary confiden al and trade secret informa on.  
     
    The  Logs  should  addi onally  be  protected  from  disclosure  as  the  Logs  contain  sensi ve 
    informa on that if publicized could provide a roadmap to bad actors to a empt to compromise 
    your ES&S vo ng system.  The disclosure of the Logs could create a security risk to ES&S and to 
    the  jurisdic on.  Pursuant  to  42  U.S.C.  §5195c(e),  the  United  States  Department  of  Homeland 
    Security has designated elec on systems as part of the United States’ cri cal infrastructure, and 
    the disclosure of the informa on would create a security risk to the cri cal infrastructure. As such, 
    the  Logs  should  be  protected  from  disclosure  as  the  Logs  contain  administra ve  or  technical 
    informa on  regarding  computer  hardware,  so ware  and  networks  which,  if  disclosed,  would 
    jeopardize  the  judica on’s  security.  The  Logs  also  contain  security  measures  and  techniques 
    which, if disclosed, would create a risk to the electronic data or so ware. Thus, the Logs should 
    be  exempt  from  disclosure  under  the  state  exemp on  that  protects  so ware,  informa on 
    security, network or computer hardware and/or cri cal infrastructure.  
     
    ES&S  would  addi onally  refer  the  jurisdic on  and  its  a orney  to  the  jurisdic on’s  current 
    contract with ES&S. Generally most contracts with ES&S state that a customer shall not cause 
    any  ac on  with  respect  to  the  ES&S  Documenta on  which  would  “cause  or  permit  any  use, 
    display, loan, publica on, transfer of possession, sublicensing or other dissemina on of the ES&S 
    So ware or Documenta on, in whole or in part, to any third party without ES&S’s prior wri en 
    consent.”  The Logs are part of the Documenta on which is licensed to the Jurisdic on to which 
    ES&S would not consent to their disclosure.  
     
    ES&S would request that ES&S’s proprietary, confiden al and trade secret Logs be withheld from 
    disclosure  not  only  to  protect  the  proprietary,  confiden al  and  trade  secret  nature  of  the 
    documents,  but  also  to  protect  the  security  of  the  Jurisdic on’s  cri cal  infrastructure.   In  the 

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    event  the  jurisdic on  determines  that  the  Logs  should  not  be  withheld,  ES&S  requests  the 
    jurisdic on provide ES&S a sufficient opportunity to redact proprietary, confiden al and trade 
    secret informa on from any documents provided. 

    WE’RE HERE TO HELP

    If you have any technical ques ons, please call Technical Support at the following: 
     

     
     
    Support representa ves are available Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Central 
    Time. ES&S support services are subject to the prices, terms, and condi ons at the  me of service. 
     

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