Since last year, seven Republican-led states including Alabama, Florida, Missouri and Ohio, have pulled out of Eric as conservatives and Trump have stepped up attacks on the multi-state consortium.
The consortium was launched to keep voter registration rolls up to date, thwart possible voter fraud and spur voter registration. The group’s 10-page error-riddled white paper, which was posted on its website on 9 March, falsely slams Eric as a “syndicate founded by leftists” and charges that Eric has been “far more effective at swelling voter registration rolls than at keeping them clean”.ĭanielle Lang, the lead voting rights litigator at the non-partisan Campaign Legal Center, told the Guardian that the white paper was badly flawed and “makes claims largely based on supposition, inaccuracies and personal attacks”.Įric was started in 2012 by seven states, including four led by Republicans, and is the sole data-sharing program for states since there is no clearinghouse for voter registration. Fitton’s attack on Eric is part of a growing campaign by Trump-allied election denialist groups and Trump to urge member states to leave the consortium, prompting scathing criticism from voting rights advocates and election experts including some GOP officials.
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