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From a Politico article
The program is called ERIC, and it is a bipartisan organization that helps member states maintain and cross check their voter rolls. It helps them keep track of movements of residents between member states, deaths etc. Given that the GOP has been saying they are so concerned about voter integrity etc., why are they doing this?
In a time when the SCOTUS seem poised to rule that states have near-total control over voting laws, especially for statewide offices and legislatures, this is sobering.
The program is called ERIC, and it is a bipartisan organization that helps member states maintain and cross check their voter rolls. It helps them keep track of movements of residents between member states, deaths etc. Given that the GOP has been saying they are so concerned about voter integrity etc., why are they doing this?
Of course they are claiming that this bipartisan program is a liberal plot to control the country's voter rolls. Seems to me they WANT an excuse to purge their rolls, lose voter records, make it harder for new residents to register, and to make false claims about the registration status of people they don't want voting.Ohio and Iowa became the latest Republican-led states to signal they would be pulling out of a bipartisan interstate voter program, throwing the organization into an even more uncertain future after a critical board meeting.
“I cannot justify the use of Ohio’s tax dollars for an organization that seems intent on rejecting meaningful accountability, publicly maligning my motives, and waging a relentless campaign of misinformation about this effort,” Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose wrote in his letter starting the withdrawal process on Friday.
They are the sixth and seventh Republican-led states to drop out of the Electronic Registration Information Center — ERIC — over the last year, joining Florida, West Virginia, Missouri, Louisiana and Alabama. Other states could soon be on the way as well.
In a time when the SCOTUS seem poised to rule that states have near-total control over voting laws, especially for statewide offices and legislatures, this is sobering.