{"id":1981330,"date":"2023-07-24T13:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-announces-exit-from-leftist-controlled-voter-roll-management-group-eric\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T13:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:24:31","slug":"texas-announces-exit-from-leftist-controlled-voter-roll-management-group-eric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-announces-exit-from-leftist-controlled-voter-roll-management-group-eric\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas withdraws from ERIC, a voter-roll management group controlled by leftists."},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftexas-announces-exit-from-leftist-controlled-voter-roll-management-group-eric%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=1981330&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--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Texas Withdraws from ERIC, Taking a Stand\u2064 for Voter Integrity<\/h2>\n<p>Following the\u200d lead of other Republican-led states, Texas announced last week it will be withdrawing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-bill-allowing-texas-to-withdraw-from-eric-is-headed-to-gov-greg-abbotts-desk\/\" title=\"Texas bill to withdraw from ERIC goes to Gov. Abbott.\">leftist-controlled voter-roll management group<\/a> known\u2063 as \u2063ERIC later this year.<\/p>\n<p>As The Federalist has previously\u2064 reported, the Electronic Registration Information Center, or <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/11\/democratic-operatives-control-voter-rolls-in-31-states-report-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ERIC<\/a>, is a widely used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-announces-exit-from-leftist-controlled-voter-roll-management-group-eric\/\" title=\"Texas withdraws from ERIC, a voter-roll management group controlled by leftists.\">voter-roll management organization\u2062 founded<\/a> by Democrat activist \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/person\/david-becker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Becker<\/a> \u200b that was\u200b \u201csold to states\u2062 as \u200ca quick\u200b and easy\u200d way to\u2064 update their voter rolls.\u201d In actuality, ERIC <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/11\/democratic-operatives-control-voter-rolls-in-31-states-report-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inflates voter rolls<\/a> \u2064by requiring member states to contact eligible but\u200d unregistered\u200d residents and encouraging them to register\u2064 to vote.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23883050-file_8020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> sent to \u2063ERIC Executive Director\u200b Shane\u2063 Hamlin on Thursday, Director of Elections Christina\u200b Adkins informed the organization that Texas\u2063 would\u200d be\u2062 terminating its ERIC membership \u201ceffective 91 days from the\u2063 date of this letter.\u201d The date of\u2064 resignation is\u2064 in \u2064accordance with\u200d ERIC\u2019s bylaws, according to the document.<\/p>\n<p>Texas\u2019 withdrawal from ERIC\u2062 was made possible by legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/20\/gov-abbott-signs-bill-allowing-texas-to-withdraw-from-leftist-controlled-voter-roll-maintenance-group-eric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed into law<\/a> \u200c last month by Gov. Greg Abbott that\u2063 permits the state to contract with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-abbott-signs-bill-allowing-texas-to-withdraw-from-leftist-controlled-voter-roll-maintenance-group-eric\/\" title=\"Gov. Abbott approves bill for Texas to exit ERIC, a leftist-controlled voter roll 'maintenance' group.\">separate private sector data system<\/a> instead of\u2063 ERIC, which according to its \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/ericstates.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>, is \u201cfunded and governed by states that choose to join.\u201d As noted \u2062in <a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&#038;Bill=SB1070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB 1070<\/a>,\u200c Texas is \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/tlodocs\/88R\/billtext\/pdf\/SB01070F.pdf#navpanes=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">required<\/a> to \u201ccooperate with\u200b other states\u2063 and jurisdictions to develop systems\u201d that clean its voter rolls.<\/p>\n<p>The new law is set to\u200b take effect on Sept. 1.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to founding ERIC, Becker is also the\u200b founder \u200cof the Center for Election Innovation and Research (<a href=\"https:\/\/electioninnovation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CEIR<\/a>),\u200b which, along with the \u2064Center for Tech and\u200b Civic\u2062 Life, received hundreds of millions of dollars from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u200b leading\u200c up to the 2020 election. These grants were poured into local election\u2063 offices throughout the country to push sloppy Democrat-backed voting policies, such as mass mail-in voting and the widespread use of ballot drop boxes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/12\/the-2020-election-wasnt-stolen-it-was-bought-by-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Analyses<\/a> have shown these \u201cZuckbucks\u201d were heavily skewed toward Democrat \u200cmunicipalities, especially in swing states, effectively making it a giant Democrat get-out-the-vote operation.<\/p>\n<p>CEIR\u2019s interference in the\u200b electoral process isn\u2019t \u200cexclusive to the 2020\u200c election, however.\u200b As The Federalist previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/15\/democrat-activist-to-resign-from-voter-roll-operation-after-pressure-from-gop-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a>, \u2063CEIR enjoys an \u200bactive relationship with ERIC, which transmits the voter-roll data it receives from states to CEIR. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/20\/gov-abbott-signs-bill-allowing-texas-to-withdraw-from-leftist-controlled-voter-roll-maintenance-group-eric\/\">Upon<\/a> receiving the\u200b data, CEIR \u200d\u201cthen\u200c develops\u2063 targeted mailing lists and sends them back\u200b to the states to use for voter registration outreach.\u201d In other words, CEIR \u2014 a highly \u2062partisan nonprofit with a history of left-wing activism \u2014 is creating lists of potential (and likely Democrat) voters for states to register in the lead-up to \u2062major elections.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of highlighting these\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorationofamerica.com\/restoration-news\/eric\/eric-the-best-data-money-cant-buy-pt-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alarming connections<\/a>, legacy media have largely obfuscated ERIC\u2019s ties to CEIR in an apparent\u2063 bid\u2063 to label Republican concerns about the organization as\u2064 illegitimate. Following Ohio and Iowa\u2019s announced \u2064departures from the\u2063 organization in March, \u2063for example, Politico ran a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/21\/politicos-coverage-of-republican-states-ditching-a-leftist-voter-roll-operation-is-democrat-propaganda-not-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit piece<\/a> accusing departing GOP-led states of\u200c having \u201cconspiratorial-minded reasons\u201d for leaving ERIC.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200baddition to Texas, Ohio, and Iowa, the states of \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/12\/virginia-to-exit-leftist-controlled-voter-roll-maintenance-group-eric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virginia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/06\/florida-missouri-and-west-virginia-withdraw-from-leftist-controlled-voter-roll-maintenance-group-eric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West Virginia, Florida, and Missouri<\/a> announced their departures from ERIC earlier this year. \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/21\/alabama-withdraws-from-democrat-operative-controlled-voter-registration-database\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alabama<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.la.gov\/OurOffice\/PublishedDocuments\/FINAL%20VERSION-1.27.22%20ERIC%20PR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louisiana<\/a> resigned from \u2062the group last year.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood\u2064 is a staff writer for The\u2062 Federalist \u2064and a graduate of \u2062the \u2064University of Mary \u2064Washington. He previously served as a state \u2062content writer\u200b for Convention of States Action and\u200d his \u200dwork has been featured in numerous \u2063outlets,\u200b including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas, joining other Republican-led states, will withdraw from ERIC, a voter-roll management group controlled by leftists. ERIC, founded by Democrat activist David Becker, is widely used but has faced criticism. 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