A Vermonter who opted out at the DMV in 2017 has no way of knowing from anything the state will send them whether they’re still on registry today. They can, however, find out on their own.
Ron - Thanks for raising that question. Here's what officials laid out at the press conference.
Who: the audit was run entirely inside state government — the DMV, the Secretary of State's elections division, and the Agency of Digital Services. No outside auditor and no independent firm.
Why: a Vermonter contacted the Secretary of State's office over the winter saying they had been registered against their wishes. That produced conversations with DMV and some new training materials, but not a full review. New Jersey's July disclosure is what turned it into an audit, and the Sept. 1 ballot-mailing list set the deadline.
Access: the two agencies can't hand each other raw data, because each carries its own privacy obligations. So they signed a memorandum of understanding and ADS sat in the middle as the technical intermediary. DMV worked from its own motor-voter records, the Secretary of State's office worked from its own voter checklist, and ADS did the matching between the two. Neither agency saw the other's full data set. The work took about three or four weeks.
Please tell us WHO conducted the audit and WHY. What access where they provided to conduct this audit?
Ron - Thanks for raising that question. Here's what officials laid out at the press conference.
Who: the audit was run entirely inside state government — the DMV, the Secretary of State's elections division, and the Agency of Digital Services. No outside auditor and no independent firm.
Why: a Vermonter contacted the Secretary of State's office over the winter saying they had been registered against their wishes. That produced conversations with DMV and some new training materials, but not a full review. New Jersey's July disclosure is what turned it into an audit, and the Sept. 1 ballot-mailing list set the deadline.
Access: the two agencies can't hand each other raw data, because each carries its own privacy obligations. So they signed a memorandum of understanding and ADS sat in the middle as the technical intermediary. DMV worked from its own motor-voter records, the Secretary of State's office worked from its own voter checklist, and ADS did the matching between the two. Neither agency saw the other's full data set. The work took about three or four weeks.
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