Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)
What is the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)?
The Electronic Registration Information Center is a nonpartisan, multi-state voter registration database.
States use ERIC to to make sure that their voter rolls are accurate. They share voter registration information with each other, so they can identify if one registered voter moved to another state, if they moved to somewhere else within the same state, if there are any potentially duplicate entries, and if someone tried to vote in more than one state.
Does ERIC have a political bias?
It does not. It is a nonpartisan, voluntary partnership between states.
Since it started in 2012, up to 33 states and Washington, D.C. have used the electronic registration information center.
Why are some states leaving the ERIC partnership now?
Bad actors allege that the ERIC promotes fraud, even though the partnership is designed to help prevent fraud. It’s actually one of the best tools available to prevent voter fraud.
In addition, by leaving the partnership, they make it harder for states to track voters who move to a new state and register there.
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