Kissick opposes routine license-plate tracking
Don KissickLibertarian nominee for Ohio governor
Kissick's campaign says Ohio should not routinely track drivers through license-plate cameras. It pledges to seek restrictions or a prohibition on government use and to prevent state funding for mass-surveillance networks.
“Ohioans should not have their movements routinely tracked, photographed, and stored simply for driving on public roads.”
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
Networked automated license-plate readers record passing vehicles and let agencies search or share travel records across locations. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to prohibit these networks, keep them with legal limits, or defend their use for investigations. This tracker records attributable positions on that choice, including proposals that would affect only public funding or data access.
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Kissick's campaign platform opposes routine tracking of drivers and says he would seek to restrict or prohibit government use of automated license-plate surveillance systems. It also proposes data limits and a bar on state funding for mass-surveillance networks.
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The campaign published a platform section addressing Flock cameras and routine tracking of drivers on public roads.
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Kissick pledges to seek legislation restricting or prohibiting government use, limit vehicle-location data and block state funding for mass-surveillance networks.
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Why this label?
The platform rejects routine driver tracking and government-funded mass-surveillance networks. It leaves open whether the legislative result would restrict or prohibit all government ALPR use.
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