Blaylock v. Staley

Steele Hays, Justice.

The Pulaski County Clerk contracts with Datafacts, Inc., a computer firm, to maintain the voter registration list on computer equipment, referred to as a computer disc or data module. The list is updated periodically and Datafacts supplies copies of the list at the clerk’s direction on computer printout or on labels for mailing.

The Chairman of the Republican Party, Mr. Len Blaylock, requested a copy of the voter registration list on magnetic tape, offering to pay the reasonable charge of reproducing the list. The clerk furnished a printed list (containing about 180,000…