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1) the data already IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, ernie is just making it easier to get to.

2) anyone who wants to can go down to the maricopa county elections dept and use their computer to view any records they like and search on any fields they want for free. or you can request the information by mail.

3) the government will sell the data to anybody that comes along and pays a dime a name, or about $100,000 for all of maricopa county

4) if your a government thug like a judge or cop and you fear for your life you can get your name removed from the list. but i dont think us normal folks have that option.

Elections Director Karen Osborne should put the list on the maricopa county web site so people dont have to waste trip to downtown phoenix to see the data on the computer. if she did that ernie would not have to waste his time putting the data on the libertarian web page.

>By Mike McCloy
>The Arizona Republic
>Feb 9, 2000
>
>A Libertarian Party leader plans a "blow for freedom" by posting on the
>Internet personal information of 1 million Maricopa County voters on
>Feb. 23.
>
>"Over my dead body," County Elections Director Karen Osborne responded,
>as she sought a court order to stop Ernie Hancock.
>
>Hancock, Maricopa County Libertarian chairman, wants to give away at no
>cost what political campaigns must currently pay the GOP and the
>Democratic parties dearly for: mailing lists of registered voters.
>
>Hancock's plan followed a ruling Jan. 27 by presiding Superior Court
>Judge Robert Myers. Settling a 5-year-old legitimacy dispute between
>Valley and Tucson Libertarians, the judge recognized Hancock's group as
>official and granted it access to the voter-registration database.
>
>The taxpayer-funded databases are provided to political parties, which
>process them into mailing lists for sale to election campaigns.
>
>"We will not benefit from taxpayer rip-offs," Hancock said.
>
>The personal data in Osborne's computer database include addresses,
>telephone numbers, dates and places of birth, the final four digits of
>Social Security numbers and a record of when people voted.
>
>Releasing the list invades privacy of people who gave information in
>exchange for the right to vote, Osborne said. She is concerned that the
>data could be used for marketing lists and to impersonate voters at the
>polls.
>
>Even possessing the database for anything except political activities
>provided in law is a misdemeanor, punishable by 120 days in jail.
>
>"I'll put in a disclaimer that it's only intended for political uses,"
>Hancock said. "Make my day."

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