{"id":1979838,"date":"2023-07-21T18:07:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ninth-state-suddenly-abandons-eric-voter-registration-system-becomes-largest-to-leave-compact\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T18:09:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:09:54","slug":"ninth-state-suddenly-abandons-eric-voter-registration-system-becomes-largest-to-leave-compact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ninth-state-suddenly-abandons-eric-voter-registration-system-becomes-largest-to-leave-compact\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninth State Suddenly Abandons ERIC Voter Registration System, Becomes Largest to Leave Compact"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fninth-state-suddenly-abandons-eric-voter-registration-system-becomes-largest-to-leave-compact%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979838&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Restoring Confidence in U.S. Elections: The Case for Paper Ballots and Voter\u2064 Identification<\/h2>\n<p>Good ol\u2019 paper \u2064ballots and required official voter identification might be the only way to\u2062 restore confidence in \u200bU.S. elections. Doubt concerning \u200celection integrity has spread like a disease \u200bfrom\u2063 sea to shining sea. The devil thrives on doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Doubt may be why Texas has decided to opt out of the Electronic Registration Information Center. It made the move to leave the voter \u2064information\u200d exchange organization Thursday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/texas-resigns-from-national-voter-fraud-prevention-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Lone Star State isn\u2019t alone. Eight others previously opted out of ERIC, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/texas-voting-registration-fraud-eric-324d63f035ec22785839bc1b632410b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>: Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, West Virginia, Missouri, Ohio,\u2063 Iowa and \u2064Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The departure of \u2064Texas leaves\u200c 25 states and the District of Columbia\u200b as <a href=\"https:\/\/ericstates.org\/about\/\">members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s\u200d no reason to think it\u2064 will stop \u2063there.<\/p>\n<p>With more \u200cand more \u200bstates leaving the program, the costs\u200d for \u200dthose that remain will keep going up, Texas \u200bsecretary of state spokeswoman \u2062Alicia Phillips Pierce said, according\u2063 to the \u200dAP.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Secretary \u200cof State Jane Nelson said her office would create an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ninth-state-suddenly-abandons-eric-voter-registration-system-becomes-largest-to-leave-compact\/\" title=\"Ninth state ditches ERIC voter registration system, now the biggest to exit compact.\">interstate voter registration \u2064cross-check<\/a> instead \u200cof participating\u2062 in ERIC,\u200d according to the \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/politics\/state\/2023\/07\/20\/texas-secretary-of-state-to-leave-national-electronic-voter-registration-information-center\/70440880007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin American-Stateman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not\u200b sure that\u2019s going to clear out \u2063the \u200cfog \u2063of\u2062 doubt hovering over \u200bthe election process. It\u2019s just another system created by election officials. Therein lies the problem.<\/p>\n<p>ERIC has and continues to\u2063 be \u2064hounded by doubt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/30000-non-citizens-incorrectly-sent-voter-registration-notices-just-1-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louisiana opted \u200bout<\/a> of the system last year amid \u201camid concerns \u2063raised by citizens,\u200b government watchdog organizations and media reports \u2063about \u200dpotential questionable funding sources and\u2063 that possibly partisan \u200cactors may have access to ERIC network data for \u2062political purposes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-critical-of-group-managing-voter-rolls-in-33-states\/\" title=\"Report Critical of Group Managing Voter Rolls in 33 States\">potentially undermining voter confidence<\/a>,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.la.gov\/OurOffice\/PublishedDocuments\/FINAL%20VERSION-1.27.22%20ERIC%20PR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, it doesn\u2019t really \u200cmatter whether the doubt concerning ERIC is credible. It\u2019s there. When doubt about the integrity of a democratic \u2064system reaches\u2064 critical mass, it can lead to widespread chaos. It\u2019s anybody\u2019s bet\u2063 what happens next.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/ericstates.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ERIC<\/a> was founded\u2063 in 2012 by seven states, \u200bwith\u2063 the\u200d help of the \u200bPew Charitable Trust, \u2062to clear any \u200bdoubts hovering \u2062over\u2063 U.S. elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cERIC was created by election officials, for\u200b election officials, to ensure accurate and up-to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-devastating-consequences-of-the-democrat-for-the-people-act\/\" title=\"4 Devastating Consequences Of The Democrat \u2018For The People Act\u2019\">-date voter rolls<\/a> all across the country,\u201d Daniel Griffith, a senior policy director \u200bfor Secure \u2064Democracy USA, told the\u2064 Statesman. Secure Democracy USA \u200bis a nonpartisan group \u2062with \u200cthe \u200dgoal\u2063 of building confidence in U.S. elections.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the problem. More and\u200b more people no longer trust election \u2063officials who create systems for\u2062 election officials.<\/p>\n<p>Look what happened in last year\u2019s \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arizona-election-director-threatens-votes-deep-red-counties-might-not-counted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona election <\/a>cycle. It was a clown show filled\u200c with horrors \u2064that didn\u2019t do much\u2062 to instill confidence in\u2063 election officials or the\u2063 election process. The whole \u2062world was\u200b watching.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal strongholds such \u200das New Mexico have their doubts about ERIC as well.\u2064 When New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver was approached\u2062 by Ohio \u2064officials to \u200bdiscuss a data-sharing agreement, she declined, according to the\u200c AP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very interested in the \u200blongevity of ERIC because [of] the concept\u2062 of doing state-by-state\u200d agreements, [but] it\u2019s just a mess,\u201d Toulouse \u2062Oliver\u2064 said.<\/p>\n<p>So, why all the doubt?\u200d Liberals blame it\u200d on former President Donald Trump and others \u2064who say something was fishy \u200din the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-official-exposes-twitter-coverup-changed-results-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 presidential election<\/a>. Anyone who had a nose could smell it because\u200c there was plenty of fishy\u200d going on,\u2063 even if\u200c the fish were\u2063 underwater where they couldn\u2019t be seen.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in the weeks before the election, Twitter\u2063 censored \u200dthe New York Post\u2019s reporting from\u2064 the Hunter Biden \u2062laptop about Democrat Joe Biden\u2019s alleged involvement in his son\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ag-barr-accuses-joe-biden-of-lying-to-the-american-people-about-hunters-laptop\/\" title=\"Former AG Barr Accuses Joe Biden of Lying to the American People About Hunter\u2019s Laptop\">questionable business dealings<\/a> in Ukraine. Now\u2064 we reportedly have word from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/burisma-bombshell-breaks-ny-post-adds-hunters-bad-thursday-informing-world-fbi-knew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI official<\/a> that the social media platform was told the laptop \u200dinformation was authentic the day it was published.<\/p>\n<p>If that\u200c reporting had been allowed to reach more voters, it could have \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-official-exposes-twitter-coverup-changed-results-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed the outcome<\/a> of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump and other \u201celection deniers\u201d \u200b\u2014 some with viable\u2062 concerns, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/abrams-claims-never-denied-outcome-18-election-gop-finds-35-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">others not so much<\/a> \u2014 \u200cdidn\u2019t create the contagion of doubt. Blame it on the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Remember \u2063the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/public-demands-clinton-held-accountable-courtroom-revelation-personally-greenlit-trump-russia-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian \u2064collusion hoax<\/a>? \u200bIt was designed by \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hillary-clinton-takes-shot-ron-desantis-2024-speculation-heats-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton\u2019s<\/a> campaign to instill doubts about the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-shuts-fake-news-media-claims-trump-stronger-today-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2016 presidential election<\/a>. Incapable of\u2064 bearing the embarrassment of being trounced by an outsider like Trump, the Clinton \u200bcrew concocted the conspiracy to \u2064undermine his \u200dpresidency.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme, to a large extent, worked. But \u2062be careful what you wish for. The doubt unleashed by Democrats\u2063 was bound to spill\u2064 over into the 2020 election and beyond. It seems like it\u2019s here to stay.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what radical\u200c progressives want. \u200bIt\u2019s the old divide and\u200b conquer, a favored Marxist \u2062tactic. Sow hatred among the people, instill doubt and wait for the chaos to\u200c ensue. That\u2019s\u2062 when they come\u2063 in \u2062and\u200b impose government order. For Marxists, chaos \u2063is the\u2064 path to power.<\/p>\n<p>There\u200c is \u2063a way to\u2063 fight back. It\u2019s tried\u2062 and tested and could be implemented with relative \u2062ease. \u200cIt\u2019s called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/boxing-legend-mike-tyson-reveals-gone-liberal-little-conservative-common-sense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">common sense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Though it may be in short\u2063 supply in Washington and federal and state bureaucracies, common sense is still common enough \u2064among regular Joe conservatives and libertarians. I\u2019d wager there\u2019s even a good\u200c portion of liberals who\u2064 still\u200d possess common sense but are afraid if they display it they\u2019ll be canceled.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should states bring back paper ballots?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<form id=\"firefly-poll\" onsubmit=\"ff_poll_submit(event)\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\" value=\"firefly_poll_vote\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"3418514\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"answer\" value=\"yes\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"yes\" required><br \/>\n\t\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"no\" required><br \/>\n\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tCompleting \u2063this poll\u2063 entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of \u200bUse<\/a>.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (14 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0%\u2063 (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s \u2064nothing\u2062 radical about \u200bpaper ballots and required voter identification. It\u2019s been done before and would be easy enough to do\u2062 again.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of implementing systems such as ERIC to\u200c prevent fraud, give the power back to\u2064 the people. One \u200ccitizen, one vote.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2063is the common \u200bsense the country was \u200bbuilt \u2063on. It\u2019s common sense that will restore confidence in the election process and pull the country back from the\u200b edge \u2063of the \u2064progressive abyss.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dpost <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ninth-state-suddenly-abandons-eric-voter-registration-system-becomes-largest-leave-compact\/\">Ninth State Suddenly Abandons ERIC Voter\u2062 Registration System, Becomes Largest to Leave\u200c Compact<\/a> appeared first \u200don <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u200d Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good ol\u2019 paper ballots and required official voter identification might be the only way to restore confidence in U.S. elections. Doubt concerning election integrity has spread like a disease from sea to shining sea. The devil thrives on doubt. 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