Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 20, 2023

CONTACT: press@securedemocracyusa.org

Texas Withdrawal from ERIC Threatens Accurate, Up-to-Date Voter Rolls, Trusted Elections

84% of Texas Republican voters support the state’s continued use of ERIC to help maintain clean voter rolls

AUSTIN, Texas – The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) is a multi-state, non-profit organization entirely dedicated to maintaining accurate and up-to-date voter rolls. With the Texas Secretary of State announcing the state’s departure from ERIC, Secure Democracy USA’s Senior Policy Director Daniel Griffith released the following statement:

“It’s unfortunate Texas has chosen to withdraw from ERIC without a tested and trusted system to replace it. ERIC was created by election officials, for election officials, to ensure accurate and up-to-date voter rolls all across the country. 

"As we head into a presidential election year, building and maintaining confidence in our elections is vitally important, and established, trusted nonpartisan resources like ERIC make that possible.”

Recent polling conducted by Chris Perkins of Ragnar Research Partners on behalf of Secure Democracy Foundation and Secure Democracy USA found 84 percent of Republican voters support the state’s continued use of ERIC to help maintain clean voter rolls.

The full polling memo from Ragnar Research Partners can be found here.

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