Here’s Where GOP Election Officials Stand On Their State’s Ties To A Leftist-Controlled Voter Roll ‘Maintenance’ Group

The most recent developments in Missouri, Florida and West Virginia are Withdrawal from the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) — a widely used voter-roll management group with ties to left-wing activists — last week, America’s legacy media have been in freak-out mode. Leftist outlets labeled legitimate concerns raised in the above states as “unfounded” in a uniform fashion. “conspiracy theories” Promoted by “election deniers” And “right-wing media.”

As The Federalist’s Victoria Marshall reportedPublications like The New York Times or Associated Press are known for publishing grossly false headlines, such as “G.O.P. G.O.P.“, “Election conspiracies fuel dispute over voter fraud system.” As you can see, these articles whitewash. Questions ERIC is controversial, especially its refusal to “require member states to participate in addressing multi-state voter fraud” All rights reserved “for a hyper-partisan individual to be an ex-officio non-voting member on its governance board.”

ERIC, while being portrayed as an impartial venture by corporate media is actually a voter-roll management software system that was founded by far-left activists David Becker This was Sold to States You can also use it as a “quick and easy way” to manage their voter rolls. When states become ERIC members, they give voter data to the group — including the records of unregistered voters. CurrentlyERIC holds voter-roll records in more than half of all states and the District of Columbia.

Becker was also the founder of ERIC. He is also known for founding the Center for Election Innovation and Research.CEIR), one of the major groups that received millions of dollars from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the lead-up to the 2020 election. To push Democrat-backed voting policy, these grants were then poured into local elections offices all across the country. Analyses These are the results of our research “Zuckbucks” were heavily skewed towards Democrat municipalities, particularly in swing states. This effectively makes it a giant Democrat “get out the vote” operation.

As The Federalist reportedERIC transmits voter-roll data from the states it receives to CEIR. “then develops targeted mailing lists and sends them back to the states to use for voter registration outreach.”

Becker is currently a non-voting board member of ERIC. Announced He will be there Tuesday “will not accept renomination” To the board “when [his] term expires this week,” Citing Republican criticisms.

These ties are alarming, but there are still many top GOP state election officials who continue their participation in ERIC. The Federalist reached out and asked these officials if they were considering resigning from ERIC in light of West Virginia, Florida, Missouri’s, and West Virginia’s collective withdrawals.

Alaska

Carol Beecher, Alaska’s Division of Elections director was interviewed last week by state legislators. revealed She was considering a rethinking of the state’s partnership in ERIC and cited membership costs as the primary reason. Alaska’s lieutenant governor’s spokeswoman confirmed the assertion, but also noted that the state was not in the same position. “has not decided on whether to continue” As an ERIC member

“List maintenance is an essential process to ensure our voter list is as accurate and current as possible, and ERIC is one of the tools that Alaska uses to assist in this process,” Tiffany Montemayor spoke on behalf of The Federalist. Montemayor did not, however, address whether Alaska shares the concerns about ERIC raised by Missouri, Florida, and West Virginia.

Georgia

The Federalist asked Brad Raffensberger of Georgia whether he was reconsidering Georgia’s ERIC membership. Raffensberger’s spokesperson Mike Hassinger declined to respond. “If you really believe that ERIC is ‘an interstate alliance controlled by Democrat operatives that encourages partisan outreach efforts under the guise of simple voter roll maintenance,’ you’re an idiot.”

Ohio

Once in a while Description ERIC as “one of the best fraud-fighting tools that we have,” Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary of State, has reversed his course and threatened to leave the organization. The following is a Letter LaRose requested that the group follow his reforms at its Friday meeting.

“I will not accept the status quo as an outcome of the next meeting,” LaRose wrote. “Anything short of the reforms mentioned above will result in action up to an[d] including our withdrawal from membership.”

The Federalist reported, “LaRose’s proposed reforms include removing ‘ex-officio membership positions’ from ERIC’s bylaws so as to cut left-wing activist David Becker from its board, as well as no longer requiring states to send out voter registration mailers to unregistered residents.”

Iowa

The Associated PressPaul Pate, Iowa GOP Secretary-of-State, is one of the most prominent Republican election officials in the country “who said they [have] no intention” ERIC can be left and people who have “signaled strong support for the effort.”

“ERIC is an effective tool for ensuring the integrity of Iowa’s voter rolls,” Pate spoke to the outlet.

Texas

According to Texas state legislators, they have passed legislation in Texas that allows for the following: The Texas TribuneThe state would be expelled from ERIC. Below HB 2809The secretary of state for Texas would be Required To “cooperate with other states and jurisdictions to develop systems to compare voters, voter history, and voter registration lists to identify voters: whose addresses have changed,” “who have been convicted of a felony,” Oder “who are registered to vote in more than one state.”

A companion bill (SB 1070) has also been introduced in the state Senate.

Virginia

Virginia does not have a secretary-general like most other U.S. states. This means that the state’s elections division is responsible for overseeing election administration. The agency spokeswoman couldn’t give a definitive answer when asked if the department was considering withdrawing from ERIC after Missouri, West Virginia, and Florida pulled out.

“The Department of Elections engages in ongoing and extensive list file maintenance processes,” She spoke. “If there are any changes made to any of these processes, they will be announced publicly.”

The Federalist reached out to them for comments, but they did not reply.

Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff writer at The Federalist. He is also a graduate of The University of Mary Washington. He is also a Convention of States Action state content writer. His work has been featured on numerous outlets including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood