August 16th, 2016

Erie County Board of Elections

134 West Eagle Street
Buffalo, NY 14202
Dear Commissioners,
Last week, the public was made aware of a public opinion poll pertaining to the Erie County
District Attorneys race. The poll was conducted July 28th 31st, 2016 by David Binder Research
of San Francisco, California. The Mark Sacha for DA campaign viewed the poll from an online
article by Time-Warner News. The campaign wishes to know if you received all required
information within 48 hours, and how the campaign can be assured it has received the
information in its entirety.
More importantly, the campaign would like you to be made aware that this relatively costly
polls expense does not appear to be reported anywhere within the Flaherty campaign 32-day
filings. The poll questioned 400 respondents for about 15 minutes each. Clearly, this poll could
not have been conducted without significant investment of time and money.
The campaign asks for your assistance in investigating the campaign finance filings to ensure
that the spending associated with this poll has been adequately reported. Its not the intention
to accuse any wrongdoing based on our review of their filings, but it is important that all
campaigns file complete and accurate campaign finance reports.

Regards,
Brian Nowak
Campaign Manager
Mark Sacha for DA