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As Justice Department officials are working to acquire sensitive voter registration data from states and have recently disclosed a plan to share it with the Department of Homeland Security, a key privacy officer in DOJ’s division tasked with enforcing civil and voting rights laws has resigned. Kilian Kagle was the chief FOIA officer and senior component official for privacy for DOJ’s Civil Rights Division before leaving his post in recent days. His resignation has not been previously reported. Jude Joffee-Block, NPR.
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PENS system keeps county poll workers in communication
Cabell County, WV program created with partnership with other agencies
By M. Mindy Moretti
electionline.org
Communication, be it with the public, the media or the army of permanent and temporary election workers, is one of the most critical components of a chief election official’s job.
This is especially the case with poll workers who don’t have county-issued emails or access to the election office’s Slack channel.
The need to quickly and effectively communicate with poll workers got Cabell County, West Virginia Clerk Scott Caserta to thinking, and brainstorming, with his staff.
Enter the Pollworker Emergency Notification System (PENS) which allows election officials to send messages and notifications to poll workers in real time.
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