Category: Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)

Virginia Joins List of States to Exit Agency Maintaining Voter Registration Rolls

Virginia is the latest state to withdraw from the Democrat-run Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) over a variety of concerns about how the agency handles voter registration rolls. Elections Commissioner Susan Beals sent a letter on May 11 to the executive director of ERIC, Shane Hamlin, to say Virginia would no longer participate in the…


2 More GOP States Exit National Voter Verification Coalition

Ohio and Iowa became the latest GOP-led states to indicate they’re withdrawing from the national voter verification coalition over concerns about its impartiality. Frank LaRose, Ohio’s secretary of state rumored to be mulling a run for the U.S. Senate in 2024, announced the decision in a letter (pdf) to the director of the coalition, called the…


Citing ‘Partisan Tendencies,’ Florida, Missouri, West Virginia Leave National Voter Verification Coalition

Florida, Missouri, and West Virginia announced on March 6 that they are withdrawing from a nationwide coalition built to allow elections officials from different states to cross-check data in confirming the accuracy of their voter rolls. The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) has been under fire from Republicans in several states in the wake of…