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Thursday, Jul 20, 2006

Posted on Wed, Jul. 19, 2006

Pa. reduces price to $20 for list of registered voters

HARRISBURG - The price of a list of registered Pennsylvania voters - an important tool for campaign strategists and anyone who wants to reach those eight million or so people - has been slashed from more than $1,300 to $20.

The State Department is now charging the flat $20 fee for the entire statewide list or any number of county lists. Previously the cost was $20 per county, or $1,340 for a list of all 67 counties. The "full voter export" lists, available only in electronic form on compact discs, include each voter's name, sex, birth date, political party, residential address, mailing address and polling place.

State Department officials said yesterday that the price change was made possible by new computer software, and not forced by a Commonwealth Court lawsuit that sought to limit the fee under the state's Right-to-Know Law. "The cost has always been based on what our costs were to produce the reports," said department spokeswoman Leslie Amoros.

Stephanie Frank Singer, the plaintiff in the lawsuit and managing partner of Campaign Scientific LLC, a Philadelphia consulting firm, dropped her lawsuit after the price was reduced. Anyone may request a list through an application with the State Department's Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation, Amoros said. - AP

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