Texas Initiates Exit from Multistate Voter List Program ERIC
The Texas secretary of state began the process of the state’s resignation Thursday from the Electronic Registration Registration Information Center, also known as ERIC, an interstate tool used to help keep voter rolls clean.
“Texas submitted a letter to ERIC giving notice that the state would withdraw from the program,” said Secretary of State spokeswoman Alicia Pierce in an email to The Epoch Times (pdf).
Texas is the largest and most populous state to leave the non-profit organization that was created in 2012 and is composed of member states that share voter information.
Shane Hamlin, ERIC’s executive director, told Politico in a statement that the organization “will follow our Bylaws and Membership Agreement regarding any member’s request to resign membership….