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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Accepting a Gift
Gift: Voter Alert Application
Purpose: A cost-free option for voters of the City of Newark to receive Voter Alert notices, by way of a smartphone application.
Entity Name: The Ellis Winstead Firm, LLC
Entity Address: 1739 Payne Court, Turnersville, New Jersey 08012
Gift Value: $ N/A
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A
Contract Period: From the date of adoption until the third (3) day after the regular Municipal Election or after any Run-Off Election, if necessary
Additional Information:
N.J.S.A. 40A:5-29
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WHEREAS, the City Clerk of the City of Newark (the "City"), in his capacity as its duly authorized Election Official, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133(e)(3), desires to provide on a trial basis for purposes of providing public service announcements, which is not political activity, for the regular Municipal Election to be held on May 13, 2014 and any Run-Off Electionas thereafter may be necessary to be held on June 10, 2014, at a cost-free option to voters of the City of Newark to receive Voter Alert text notices, by way of a smartphone application for a mobile telephone, iPhone, Android, iPad and similar type of electronic devices on such matters as voter registration deadline, absentee ballot mailing deadlines and all election dates; and
WHEREAS, The Ellis Winstead Firm, LLC (the "EWF"), 1739 Payne Court, Turnersville, New Jersey 08012 has created a free, smartphone application for iPhone, Android, and iPad that allows subscribers downloading the application to voluntarily receive voter notifications of election related information through the application (the "Voter Alert App"); and
WHEREAS, the EWF has approached the City of Newark, Office of the City Clerk, with an off...
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