Posted on Mar 8, 2023
Missouri and other Republican-led states announce they're leaving a key voting data partnership
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Florida, Missouri and West Virginia announced they're pulling out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, the only system states have to share voter registration data. The system has been the target of a sustained misinformation campaign from the far-right.
The Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, is a multi-state partnership that experts across the political spectrum say is the only reliable, secure way for states to share voter registration data with each other.
But on Monday, three Republican-led states announced they are pulling out of ERIC — leaving questions about the future of a system that up until recently was a bipartisan success story, as well as questions about how these three states will maintain accurate voter lists without such a resource.
The Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, is a multi-state partnership that experts across the political spectrum say is the only reliable, secure way for states to share voter registration data with each other.
But on Monday, three Republican-led states announced they are pulling out of ERIC — leaving questions about the future of a system that up until recently was a bipartisan success story, as well as questions about how these three states will maintain accurate voter lists without such a resource.
Missouri and other Republican-led states announce they're leaving a key voting data partnership
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."But state officials in Florida, Missouri and West Virginia have joined a growing number of Republicans who don't see it that way.
The states announced in tandem Monday that they were beginning the process to pull out, after weeks of tense negotiations over potential changes the organization could make to appease GOP members who have been facing constituent pressure about ERIC, in part due to a sustained misinformation campaign from the far-right.
Just last week, ERIC's executive director, Shane Hamlin, put out an open letter to, as he claimed, "set the record straight" amid misinformation about the compact.
In a press release Monday, Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, an appointee of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, said the voting organization didn't do enough to secure data privacy or "eliminate ERIC's partisan tendencies."
Just weeks ago, a January report from the Florida Department of State Office of Election Crimes and Security said it had "used data provided by ERIC to identify" hundreds of voters who appeared to have voted in Florida and in another ERIC member state in the same election.
Hamlin confirmed to NPR that ERIC had received the three states' requests for resignation. "We will continue our work on behalf of our remaining member states in improving the accuracy of America's voter rolls and increasing access to voter registration for all eligible citizens," he added in a statement."...
..."But state officials in Florida, Missouri and West Virginia have joined a growing number of Republicans who don't see it that way.
The states announced in tandem Monday that they were beginning the process to pull out, after weeks of tense negotiations over potential changes the organization could make to appease GOP members who have been facing constituent pressure about ERIC, in part due to a sustained misinformation campaign from the far-right.
Just last week, ERIC's executive director, Shane Hamlin, put out an open letter to, as he claimed, "set the record straight" amid misinformation about the compact.
In a press release Monday, Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, an appointee of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, said the voting organization didn't do enough to secure data privacy or "eliminate ERIC's partisan tendencies."
Just weeks ago, a January report from the Florida Department of State Office of Election Crimes and Security said it had "used data provided by ERIC to identify" hundreds of voters who appeared to have voted in Florida and in another ERIC member state in the same election.
Hamlin confirmed to NPR that ERIC had received the three states' requests for resignation. "We will continue our work on behalf of our remaining member states in improving the accuracy of America's voter rolls and increasing access to voter registration for all eligible citizens," he added in a statement."...
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I think all states should belong to ERIC, but it should be funded at a federal level, fines levied on states that don't clean up their roles or don't communicate the information to ERIC (D.C. is in danger of being kicked out because of both of those issues), and the issues plaguing it need to be fixed (privacy concerns and data accuracy primarily).
Unlike the partisan comment, states not participating in ERIC aren't doing it because "they fear they cannot win elections without cheating" ... unless that also applies to California, New York and New Hampshire. They aren't members of ERIC and never have been, so obviously they are concerned that their cheating ways will be discovered!
Right now members of ERIC pay based on population and in latest figures that ranged from $26,000 up to $116,000 annually. The biggest issues for those that don't participate in it is they don't feel they get their money's worth out of it because of data problems and concerns over the privacy of the information in the database. Additionally, since it is dependent upon input from other states, people that are 'slacking' (like D.C.) aren't contributing like they should in order to get the correct information out.
ERIC is effective - Since 2013, ERIC has identified more than 8.6 million people moving between participating states, 15.6 million people moving within states, 807,000 duplicate registrations, and 500,000 voters who have died. However, as can be seen from studies done on voter roles, there are a lot of flaws and faulty voter rolls out there.
A study by Pew before ERIC found that more than 1.8 million dead people were still registered to vote and over 24 million registrations were either invalid or inaccurate. After ERIC was started, those numbers have come down a lot, but are STILL a big problem.
Personally, I can't understand why people that claim they want to have fair and honest elections would be against scrubbing the voter rolls on an annual basis. I don't mean 'disinfranchising' voters, but a systematic process where voter rolls are compared against tax returns for the state, DMV records and employment data (and whatever other 'authorative' databases the State has). If there are discrepancies, then a process kicks in that notifies the individual to recertify.
Unlike the partisan comment, states not participating in ERIC aren't doing it because "they fear they cannot win elections without cheating" ... unless that also applies to California, New York and New Hampshire. They aren't members of ERIC and never have been, so obviously they are concerned that their cheating ways will be discovered!
Right now members of ERIC pay based on population and in latest figures that ranged from $26,000 up to $116,000 annually. The biggest issues for those that don't participate in it is they don't feel they get their money's worth out of it because of data problems and concerns over the privacy of the information in the database. Additionally, since it is dependent upon input from other states, people that are 'slacking' (like D.C.) aren't contributing like they should in order to get the correct information out.
ERIC is effective - Since 2013, ERIC has identified more than 8.6 million people moving between participating states, 15.6 million people moving within states, 807,000 duplicate registrations, and 500,000 voters who have died. However, as can be seen from studies done on voter roles, there are a lot of flaws and faulty voter rolls out there.
A study by Pew before ERIC found that more than 1.8 million dead people were still registered to vote and over 24 million registrations were either invalid or inaccurate. After ERIC was started, those numbers have come down a lot, but are STILL a big problem.
Personally, I can't understand why people that claim they want to have fair and honest elections would be against scrubbing the voter rolls on an annual basis. I don't mean 'disinfranchising' voters, but a systematic process where voter rolls are compared against tax returns for the state, DMV records and employment data (and whatever other 'authorative' databases the State has). If there are discrepancies, then a process kicks in that notifies the individual to recertify.
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Many republicans fear they cannot win elections without cheating. Donald lost the popular vote both times by wide margins. Facts show he wins the electoral college via massive assistance by Russia; teh Donald campaign registers 270 contacts with Russia per the Mueller Report.
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