After a cascade of Republican states left ERIC, what comes next?
Since the 2020 presidential election, Republicans nationwide have passed restrictive legislation harming voters, predicated on baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud.
In a twist of irony, the one voting system that effectively reduces voter fraud is the Election Registration Information Center (ERIC), which has seen a cascade of departures from Republican states.
Once uncontroversial and little known, ERIC is an organization comprised of both Democratic and Republican states that is used to ensure accurate voter registration rolls.
States that opt-in to the coalition submit voter registration and department of motor vehicle licensing data to ERIC, which then produces a handful of maintenance reports. These reports can show voters who have died, moved states, possess duplicate registrations and those who are eligible to vote but have not yet registered.
Following the release of a glaringly false article attacking ERIC on the Gateway Pundit, a far-right website, that alleged numerous falsehoods about the coalition, a wave of departures ensued.
By July 2022, nine states, all Republican-controlled, had exited or announced their departure from ERIC.
At: https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/after-a-cascade-of-republican-states-left-eric-what-comes-next/
Louisiana voters line up to cast ballots in New Orleans during the 2022 mid-terms.
The state was the first of nine red states to have so far abandoned the Election Registration Information Center (ERIC) - following a false article attacking ERIC on the Gateway Pundit, a far-right website.
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