Opponents of a proposed ballot question that would increase access to automobile data formally objected to its eligibility Wednesday, echoing an argument that blocked a congressional candidate from making the ballot in a separate case.
The Coalition for Safe and Secure Data, a manufacturer-backed group organized to fight the question, submitted a legal challenge Wednesday that will prompt a state panel to decide whether the proposal may appear before voters on Nov. 3. In their challenge, the Coalition argued that the third-party company used by the campaign disobeyed electronic signature-gathering requirements outlined by the Supreme Judicial Court by storing signatures in a separate file and tracking personal data without notification.
“The signature gathering effort used by ballot question proponents not only violated public policy and failed to meet the standards outlined by the court, it also put the personal information of more than 24,000 Massachusetts voters at risk for potential misuse, hacking and identity theft,” Conor Yunits, a spokesperson for the Coalition, said in a press release.
The new filing before the State Ballot Law Commission comes less than two weeks after the same panel deemed Helen Brady ineligible to make the ballot for the 9th Congressional District because of issues with her signature-gathering vendor, VenueX -- the same company allegedly used by the right-to-repair campaign.
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