3 more red states ditch voter data-sharing collective as Trump rips ‘fools game for Republicans’ – IOTW Report

3 more red states ditch voter data-sharing collective as Trump rips ‘fools game for Republicans’

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Three more red states — Florida, Missouri, and West Virginia — this week followed Louisiana and Alabama in withdrawing from a multistate data-sharing partnership that facilitates voter registration and maintenance of voter rolls, citing unmet concerns over protecting voter information and partisan influence at the nonprofit.

The latest withdrawalsfrom the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) came after the nonprofit’s board of directors rejected changes proposed by a bipartisan working group of several member states.

The rejected proposals included increasing protections for confidential voter information and limiting the power of partisan ex-officio ERIC board members, according to press releases from the departing states.

ERIC bills itself as a data-rich resource participating states can use in updating voter rolls.

“Each member state receives reports,” explains ERIC’s Frequently Asked Questions page, “that show voters who have moved within their state, voters who have moved out of state, voters who have died, duplicate registrations in the same state, and individuals who are potentially eligible to vote but are not yet registered. more

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