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The Honorable Kathy Dent Sarasota Supervisor of Elections Post Office Box 4194 Sarasota, Florida 34230-4194.

Dear Supervisor Dent:

You ask substantially the following question:

Is a witness's name and address on the back of an absentee ballot confidential and exempt from disclosure when the voter is a participant in the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic Violence established pursuant to sections 741.401-741.409, Florida Statutes?

It is a general policy of this state that the records of the state and local government shall be open for inspection by any person.1 Such a right of…