Texas begins withdrawal from multistate partnership to clean voter rolls

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Texas began its exit from a program that helps states update its voter rolls, after Republican lawmakers approved a law directing the state to create its own program. With VotebeatUS

among members of the Texas Republican Party and Republican lawmakers for more than a year but was rooted in misinformation and election conspiracy theories.

“As fewer states are participating, the costs are increasing and the amount of data we’re going to receive will be reduced,” Pierce said. Experts told Votebeat there is no viable alternative to ERIC right now. Some private firms are attempting to sell services to compete with it, but those likelywithout the access to data that only state officials can obtain. Efforts to replicate the program will be costly and could take years to develop.

“The GOP push to get out of ERIC shows they’re not committed to safe and accurate elections as they claim, but instead are committed to placating extremists in their party that perpetuate the big lie,” Bucy said in a text message.

 

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