Speros v. Secy. of State

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 8453

Syllabus

Core Terms: public record court of claims R.C. 2743.75 election database moot drafts format create new record reasonably identify organize policy. Overview: Requester sought Ohio voting results in machine-readable format from eight congressional elections, in a single, comprehensive file. The special master found that requester had reasonably identified the records sought. Respondent eventually provided all existing responsive data in a separate machine-readable spreadsheet file for each election, but testified that none of its database software was programmed to produce a single, comprehensive file. The special master recommended the court find that the request for the underlying data was moot, and that the demand for respondent to aggregate all responsive data into a single file was an improper request to create a new record. The special master found that the court cannot impose optional record-management policies or practices that are not required by law.