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Secretary of State deputy urges legislative fixes to limit public posting of officials’ residential addresses
Summary
Sandy McNarty, deputy to Secretary of State Michael Howe, told a legislative committee that state statutes and open‑records rules now require residential addresses on many filings and recommended statutory and systems changes to redact or limit publication of those addresses.
Sandy McNarty, deputy to Secretary of State Michael Howe, told the Legislative Procedures and Arrangements Committee that the Secretary of State’s office collects wide-ranging residential and mailing address information for candidates, appointees and many public officials under current statute and that — because of open‑records law — much of that information can be requested and released to the public.
“Our office serves as the starting point for democracy and transparency,” McNarty said. She walked members through the forms and filings that contain addresses — affidavits of candidacy, petitions, certificates…
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