Texas is on its way to being the latest — and largest — state to leave a bipartisan data sharing partnership that states across the country use to cross check their voter rolls.
, Hughes told the activists there had been no evidence of wrongdoing on behalf of ERIC in Texas. He described his concerns at the time as mostly political.
"The people who run ERIC are not people who line up with our values and so we need to have another alternative," he said."Now, there is no evidence that ERIC is doing anything to Texas voter rolls. But we do know that the people running ERIC do not share our worldview.". Hughes has not responded to multiple requests for comment about his bill.
Joyce LeBombard, president of the League of Women Voters of Texas, says her main concern is that the state will not immediately have another system to use to cross check its voter rolls.in March, Texas election officials announced a"newly-created position" at the secretary of state's office"to develop and manage an interstate voter registration crosscheck program."
But LeBombard said creating a working system could take a lot of time. She said if there are serious issues with ERIC, member states should focus on improving the system instead of just leaving it altogether. "It really relates back to conspiracy theories, misinformation and disinformation and back to 'the Big Lie,'"she said, referring to the lie that the 2020 election was stolen."It's really a small group of people who are questioning it even though the system has been in place for over a decade and has been working successfully."
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