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2023-03-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Texas Could Soon Withdraw from ERIC Voter Registration Network

[GovTech] Officials in the state have threatened to withdraw from the multistate Electronic Registration Information Center IF the group fails to agree this week on reforms to address concerns that it leans too far left.

About 30 states and the District of Columbia are members of ERIC. Since its inception in 2012, the nonprofit has cross-matched states’ voter records, motor vehicle data, death certificates and other information to help member states purge millions of ineligible voters from rolls. It has also identified millions more who were eligible to vote but not yet registered.

Up until last year, the group, the only one of its kind in the country, enjoyed bipartisan praise from secretaries of state nationwide. But that changed late last year when some far-right Republicans began floating concerns about the group’s funding and purpose.

Among the complaints of some member states, including Texas, is a requirement that they notify eligible but unregistered voters of their ability to register.

The concern being that ERIC has been primarily or only contacting potential Democratic voters, not Independents or Republicans.

Critics want this provision to be optional after an initial contact. They also have privacy concerns.

So far this year, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Missouri and West Virginia have announced plans to withdraw from ERIC. And some big states, such as California and New York, aren’t members.

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1 Make voting like buying a gun. Instant background check every time.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-18 07:23|| 2023-03-18 07:23|| Front Page Top

2 The article seems not to cover many of the complaints about ERIC. My SOS is consider withdrawal. He is also considering a Senate run. An initiative to withdraw from ERIC and his campaign are related in his mind and mine as well.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-03-18 08:41|| 2023-03-18 08:41|| Front Page Top

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